Even Local Dust Storms Can Drive Water Loss on Mars, Study Suggests

Feb 4, 2026 - 14:30
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Even Local Dust Storms Can Drive Water Loss on Mars, Study Suggests
This close-up color image of a small-scale dust storm on Mars was acquired by the HRSC instrument on ESA’s Mars Express in April 2018. Image credit: ESA / DLR / FU Berlin / CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.

Planetary scientists have identified a previously unrecognized pathway for water loss on Mars -- observed, for the first time, during the opposite season.

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