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    Buildup of Solar Heat Likely Contributes to Mars’ Dust Storms, Researchers Find

    May 18, 2022, Categories  Astronomy/Space

    UH researchers found a link between Mars’ dust storms and its seasonal energy imbalance. Further studies could grant insight into how ancient climate change affected the Red Planet, perhaps even how Earth’s future may be shaped by climate change. At left, Mars in clear conditions; at right, Mars enveloped by a seasonal dust storm. Photo credit: NASA / JPL / MSSS

    Traces of Long-Ago Climate Change Could Foretell Earth’s Own Climate Troubles. A seasonal imbalance in the amount of solar energy absorbed and released by the planet Mars is a likely cause of the dust storms that have long intrigued observers, a team of researchers reports.

    Mars’ extreme imbalance in energy budget (a term referring to the measurement of solar energy a planet takes in from the sun then releases as heat)...

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