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Nature 438, 1087-1088 (22 December 2005) | doi:10.1038/4381087a; Published online 21 December 2005

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Mars: The flow and ebb of water

Mark A. Bullock1

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Information is pouring in about Mars. These are thrilling times for those who are proposing — and challenging — ideas about the chemical evolution of the planet and its potential for having harboured life.

Was Mars ever wet and warm for long enough to have been a crucible for life? Taking the existence of liquid water as a necessity for life, argument about that question has lately become increasingly intense and fast-moving.

  1. Mark A. Bullock is at the Southwest Research Institute, 1050 Walnut Street, Suite 400, Boulder, Colorado 80302, USA.
    Email: bullock@boulder.swri.edu

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