I am currently a first year geology PhD Student at the University of Florida. Under the tutelage of phenomenal scientist, Dr. Amy Williams, I am studying iron reducing bacteria as a biological marker for life on Mars.
is thin — its volume is only 1% of the Earth's atmosphere. To put it another way, there's 99% less air on Mars than on Earth.
And the most abundant gas in that thin air is carbon dioxide. For people on Earth, that's a poisonous gas at high concentrations. Fortunately, it makes up far less than 1% of our atmosphere. But on Mars, carbon dioxide is 96% of the air!
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