Electrical Dust Storms Could Make Life on Mars Impossible!!! Forum: Spacesettlers
Thread: Electrical Dust Storms Could Make Life on Mars Impossible!!!
# 8731 byalbonnici@... on Aug. 1, 2006, 8:31 a.m.
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Electrical Dust Storms Could Make Life on Mars Impossible!!!
New research is suggesting that planet-wide dust storms on Mars could create a snow of corrosive chemicals toxic to life. These Martian storms generate a significant amount of static electricity, and could be capable of splitting carbon dioxide and water molecules apart. The elements could then reform into hydrogen peroxide molecules, and fall to the ground as a snow that would destroy organic molecules associated with life. This toxic chemical might be concentrated in the top layers of Martian soil, preventing life from surviving.
http://www.universetoday.com/2006/07/31/electrical-dust-storms-could-make-life-on-mars-impossible/