Microbially Terraforming Mars

Terraforming Mars begins with altering the physical and chemical composition of Mars to allow other organisms to survive. Increasing the temperature, the availability of liquid water, higher atmospheric nitrogen and oxygen concentrations, and large-scale physical changes are all essential to terraforming Mars. Extremophilic microorganisms that are able to survive Mars's harsh conditions may be a pioneer species on present-day Mars to help change its chemical composition to allow for other microbes to thrive.

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Title: ScienceOpen Preprints

Publisher: ScienceOpen

Publication date (Electronic preprint): 15 December 2022

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[1 ] The University of British Columbia

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[* ]Email: aganase1115@ 123456gmail.com .

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Anjali Ganase https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0621-7764

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DOI: 10.14293/S2199-1006.1.SOR-.PPC091B.v1

SO-VID: 52f5460f-8ac7-478e-99c9-97ff1ee73162

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Date received : 15 December 2022

Microbially Terraforming Mars

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