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Stories about: polar caps

Ice Sheet on Mars 30 Times Thicker than Thought According to new calculations made by astronomers, it would appear that the layer of dry ice previously found at the south Martian pole is about 30 times thicker than initially calculated. Dry ice is a solid form of carbon dioxide. The chemical turns into a solid at minus 78.5 degrees Celsius (−109.3 °Fahre... 22 April 2011 03:16 GMT ESA Makes CryoSat Data Readily Available Understanding the complex relationships that develop between the world's ice cover and the overall climate has been a goal in science for many years, and the CryoSat mission is a part of the efforts to clear up this mystery. The data the satellite produces have just been made available for all.The European Space... 1 February 2011 10:55 GMT Predicting Weather on Mars Weather, in the strictest sense of the term, does not exist on Mars. The planet is surrounded by nothing more than an extremely thin atmosphere, which is about one percent as thick as our own. In spite of that, freezing temperatures, clouds, and dust storms like nothing seen on Earth exist there, and all these events... 5 November 2009 17:41 GMT