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New analysis of Mars' poles suggest they get bigger when the red planet's not experiencing an ice age. A new paper, An ice age recorded in the polar deposits of Mars, reaches that conclusion after analysing data from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter's Shallow Subsurface Radar (SHARAD). As NASA explains, during Martian ice ages …

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  1. Rich 11

    Glacial progress

    Obviously the Ice Warriors will be using this to cover their advance south. The Utopia Planitia colony's days are numbered.

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  2. Bronek Kozicki
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    This could be related to the fact that Martian Poles do their plumbing with CO2 , not with water.

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  3. Tom 7

    Does it actually get warmer at the poles

    or does it get colder in the lower latitudes meaning the ice forms there and doesnt make it to the poles?

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  4. Alister
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    I think it fair to say that most Men's poles shrink in cold weather...

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    1. Mike Flugennock
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      Nice one, but I think you meant to comment on the article about the inflatable ISS module becoming swollen and engorged.

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  5. Anonymous Coward
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    Climate change OM MARS!!!!!

    That too will be my fault for driving a car, I suppose.

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  6. Anonymous Coward
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    My $Deity !!!

    Global warming is spreading to other planets.

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  7. Primus Secundus Tertius

    Not temperate, semi-frigid

    "During temperate periods, such as the current epoch..." says the article.

    No sir! we are still semi-frigid, not by a long way out of the last ice age. When the dinosaurs basked in the sunshine by British lakes and rivers, they did not have to worry about frosty winters. The plant(*) eaters among them had a choice of tropical delicacies.

    (*)Plant as in English. In Welsh, plant means child.

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  8. John 104

    During temperate periods, such as the current epoch

    Denier!

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  9. Mike Flugennock
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    Ah, HA. So, they were RIGHT...

    The GOP leadership is already claiming this as evidence that global warming is a hoax.

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