Pumping engineered particles - similar in size to commercially-available glitter and made of iron or aluminium - into the atmosphere could help to heat up Mars, according to a new study.
Scientists think they can warm up Mars by blasting glitter into its atmosphere. Warming up the red planet to around 28C could make it more hospitable for humans by melting ice and allowing microbial life to flourish. One-third of Mars' surface is water, and streams may have flowed around the planet as recently as 600,000 years ago, but at present it is too cold to be habitable.
That means materials wouldn't need to be brought to Mars, making the operation more feasible. 'For Mars, warming the planet is a necessary first step . Previous concepts have focused on releasing greenhouse gases, but these require large amounts of resources that are scarce on Mars,' said University of Chicago planetary scientist Edwin Kite, who helped lead the study published this week in the journal Science Advances.
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