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8th International Conference on Mars: Mars Slow to Reveal its Secrets, Nature



New Global Geologic Map: Brand New Look at the Face of Mars, New York Times

 


USGS Geologic Map of Mars (2014)

 

 

Water Shaped Mars' Highlands, New Red Planet Map Shows, Space.com

 


USGS Geologic Map of Reull Vallis Region of Mars (2014)

 

 

Opportunities for Early Mars postdocs, grad students and staff at the University of Chicago

 

 

Ancient Mars probably too cold for liquid water: Planet’s atmosphere was too thin to keep its surface consistently warm, analysis suggests, Nature Geoscience, See Kite et al. (2014)


 

Warming Early Mars with CO2 and H2 – new research suggests a different way of achieving a warm greenhouse environment on early Mars, Astrobiology, See Ramirez et al. (2014)

 

Last updated August 5, 2014

 

Welcome to the LPI Early Mars topical website. 

 

The influx of new data received from recent spacecraft missions to Mars, the study of the SNC meteorites, recent progress in early climate modeling, the growing evidence of the role of water in the planet's evolution, and the rapid pace of new discoveries about the origin and diversity of life on Earth have reinvigorated interest in both the conditions that prevailed on Mars during its first billion years of geologic history and their implications for the development of life.

 

These issues were addressed at the First International Conference on Early Mars, which was held in Houston, Texas, in April 1997; at the Second Conference, which was held in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, in October 2004; and, finally, at the Third Conference, that was held at Lake Tahoe, Nevada in May 2012.

 

The purpose of this website is to provide one-stop access to news about the latest Early Mars research; the 1st-3rd International Conferences on Early Mars (and related meetings), including programs, abstracts, conference summaries, key questions, field trip guides, photos, journal special issues, and announcements of future meetings; educational resources and student research opportunities; a searchable database of Early Mars peer-reviewed publications; and a variety of other web-based resources.  

 

How to make editorial contributions to the Early Mars website.