Explore the latest discoveries about Mars' ancient carbon cycle revealed by NASA's Curiosity rover in Gale Crater.

"The discovery of abundant siderite in Gale Crater represents both a surprising and important breakthrough in our ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover discovered siderite in Gale Crater. This shows Mars had a partial carbon cycle, storing and releasing ...

Billions of years ago, Mars was warm, wet, and capable of sustaining liquid water on its surface. Scientists have long ...

A treasure trove of clues from Curiosity reveals that ancient Mars once trapped massive amounts of CO2 in its crust, thanks to surprising concentrations of iron carbonate deep in Gale Crater. By ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover has detected signs of significant amounts of carbon dioxide locked within the Martian crust, ...

NASA's Curiosity rover landed on Mars on Aug. 5, 2012, and has travelled more than 34 kilometres on the Martian surface. The discovery of carbonate suggests that the atmosphere contained enough carbon ...

There are conflicting ideas about the development of rural Africa: On the one hand, governments and conservation ...

A surprise discovery in Gale Crater is the component that was missing in the puzzle of Mars's climate history. There, ...

NASA's Curiosity rover has uncovered a hidden chemical archive of ancient Mars' atmosphere, which suggests that large amounts of carbon dioxide have ...

A new study reveals significant changes in the global freshwater oxygen cycle. Rivers, streams, lakes, and reservoirs aren’t just beautiful features of the landscape, they’re vital to life on Earth.

Global assessments of the climate change mitigation potential of biochar diverge, and many rely on a dated analysis, but there is strong evidence for gigaton-scale contribution, concludes a ...