Melting dusty ice may have carved Martian gullies

Tempe AZ (SPX) Feb 16, 2021

By analyzing the occurrences of exposed dusty ice on Mars using data from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, ASU planetary scientists Aditya Khuller and Philip Christensen have found the lowest latitude detection of dusty water ice on Mars. The melting of this dusty water ice could have led to the formation of gullies that have eroded into rock and ice at these locations and may provide p