Dry ice shapes Martian dunes by creating sandworm-like burrows
A new study reveals that dry ice on Mars may be responsible for carving mysterious trenches in the planet's dunes. Researchers discovered that as carbon dioxide ice blocks break off during the Martian spring, they sublimate and propel themselves down sand slopes, creating narrow, winding gullies tha... [More info]
Watching someone stream #DuneAwakening, and now I have questions.
Just how are #thumpers supposed to keep #Sandworms away, do they ever explain that?
It seems to me that a steady nose would draw sandworms closer, not farther.
No #sandworms were harmed during the filming of this motion picture.
"...amount by CO2."
So, in fact, without the offsetting effect of aerosols, we could already be competing with #Dune to be the new habitat for #sandworms.
If airborne microplastics were to solve our #GlobalWarming problems in the same way, this would just be an irony of fate, undeservedly so, I must say. ;)
Source: https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/03/14/Microplastics-Sky-Climate-Change/
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Has anyone else reads this and The Expanse series? I found them to be very similar in rhythm and storytelling. Absolutely love them both.
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