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Mars once had a warm and wet climate that was 'more favourable' for life

24 August 2016

Fossilised riverbeds have been discovered on an ancient region of Mars, supporting the idea that the now cold and dry Red Planet had a warm and wet climate about 4 billion years ago, according to research led by PhD student, Joel Davis (UCL Earth Sciences). Read: Independent, More: UCL NewsListen: BBC Radio 4 'Inside Science' (from 8 mins 17 secs)