Greening the Red Planet - scientists test plausibility of Martian trees

Paul Raven @ 18-07-2007

treesIf we were to colonise Mars, we’d need to give it an atmosphere. The best way to do that would be to duplicate the creation of atmosphere here on Earth - by letting plant life do the work for us. With this in mind, scientists are investigating
the trees that grow on a lofty extinct volcano in Mexico, to see if their ability to survive in the thin atmosphere could be transferred to the Martian surface
. [Colony Worlds] [Image by Redvers]


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