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Dust-enhanced water escape

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New spacecraft measurements show that the dust cycle plays a key role in driving upward transport of water vapour in the atmosphere of Mars and, consequently, Martian water loss to space.

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Fig. 1: Sketch showing the scenarios for water escape on present-day Mars.

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Clarke, J.T. Dust-enhanced water escape. Nat Astron 2, 114–115 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-018-0383-6

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