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Published online 7 December 2001 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news011213-1
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Mars takes its cap off
Mars' polar ice caps are slowly melting.
The martian ice caps are shrinking. As they are made mostly of frozen carbon dioxide, this evaporation could trigger an increase in Mars' own greenhouse effect.
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