A long-drawn debate about the planet that we’re all trying to get to badly has finally been put to rest. Experts have revealed that Mars cannot be terraformed to sustain life. This is because there simply isn’t enough carbon dioxide on the planet to allow the atmosphere to become conducive for human life, says a new study published by Nature Astronomy and backed by NASA. According to a report by The Independent, even if we tried to terraform Mars to sustain human life, we’d manage to rake up only a fiftieth of the amount of carbon dioxide necessary. What’s more, we’d only be able to raise the surface temperature by less than 10 degrees Celsius. Those who believe Mars can be terraformed (Elon Musk and all wishful sci-fi fans included) suggest every now and then that we could use the greenhouse gases stored in the red planet’s rocks and polar ice caps. When those gases are released back in the atmosphere, they would make the atmosphere thicker, warm the planet, and let liquid water ...
