Thursday, 24. February 2005
Topic: SCIENCE - on February 24, 2005 at 1:15:00 PM CET
Frozen sea on Mars linked to elevated methane
The discovery of a frozen sea on Mars - revealed in a New Scientist story on Monday - has ignited a new debate on whether life existed on the Red Planet.
Most intriguing is the claim that the atmosphere above the frozen ocean in the Elysium Planitia region may have elevated concentrations of methane. If true, it could suggest that primitive micro-organisms might even survive on Mars today, according to Jan-Peter Muller, at University College London, UK, and one of the team that found the frozen sea.
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