WVU Expert Says Water on Mars Would Be Extremely Acidic but Could Host Life
Sunday, July 29, 2018 - 08:44
in Earth & Climate
With new and compelling evidence for water existing beneath the south pole of Mars, a West Virginia University professor says this underground lake is likely to be extremely salty and more acidic than battery acid. Life forms that can survive in extreme physical and geochemical conditions are found in abundance in acid salt lakes such as those in Chile and western Australia, she said.