Scientists explain the reason for the disappearance of water from the surface of Mars… and warn of the future of Earth

Astronomers note that regional dust storms play an unexpectedly large role in losing water on Mars, warming the cold Martian atmosphere at high altitudes, and preventing water vapor from freezing.

As a result, water molecules reach the thin layers of the gaseous atmosphere, where they decompose into hydrogen and oxygen under the influence of ultraviolet radiation. This was stated in a scientific article published in the newspaper “nature”.

Researchers believe that Mars lost most of its water to dust storms, but they haven’t focused on the importance of regional dust storms that occur nearly every summer in the planet’s southern hemisphere.

The study considered global dust storms that span the entire planet and occur every three to four Mart years as the main cause of the drought, along with the hot summer months in the southern hemisphere as Mars approaches the sun.

The scientists analyzed data obtained by the Mars Reconnaissance Moon, which measured temperature, dust and water ice at an altitude of about 100 km above the surface of Mars. NASA’s space probe measured the amount of hydrogen dissociating from a water molecule 1,000 km above the surface.

Observations confirmed that the glow in the upper atmosphere was caused by hydrogen, which increased by 50% during dust storms.