{"id":50122,"date":"2024-08-13T10:04:21","date_gmt":"2024-08-13T09:04:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/?p=50122"},"modified":"2024-08-13T10:04:21","modified_gmt":"2024-08-13T09:04:21","slug":"scientists-find-water-on-mars-billions-of-years-after-it-disappeared","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/scientists-find-water-on-mars-billions-of-years-after-it-disappeared\/50122\/","title":{"rendered":"Scientists find water on Mars billions of years after it disappeared"},"content":{"rendered":"
The data from NASA’s Insight lander<\/a> allowed the scientists to estimate that the amount of water on Mars could cover the entire planet to a depth of between 1 and 2 kilometres.<\/p>\n While that\u2019s good news for those tracking the fate of water on the planet after its oceans disappeared more than 3 billion years ago, the reservoir won’t be of much use to anyone trying to tap into it to supply a future Mars colony.<\/p>\n It’s located in tiny cracks and pores in rock in the middle of the Martian crust, between 11.5 and 20 kilometres below the surface.<\/p>\n Even on Earth, drilling a hole a kilometre deep is a challenge.<\/p>\n The finding does pinpoint another promising place to look for life on Mars<\/a>, however, if the reservoir can be accessed.<\/p>\n For the moment, it helps answer questions about the geological history of the planet.<\/p>\n \u201cUnderstanding the Martian water cycle is critical for understanding the evolution of the climate, surface and interior,\u201d said Vashan Wright, a former UC Berkeley postdoctoral fellow who is now an assistant professor at UC San Diego\u2019s Scripps Institution of Oceanography.<\/p>\n \u201cA useful starting point is to identify where water is and how much is there.\u201d<\/p>\nWater on Mars may pinpoint habitable areas<\/h3>\n