How exploring Mars could help us fight climate change on Earth

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Adrienne Macartney argues studies of the Red Planet could aid carbon sequestration research back on Earth

The surface of Mars is a cold desert. Scars in the landscape point to a history of flowing rivers, standing lakes and possibly even planetary oceans. Yet the current Martian atmosphere has a density that's...

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