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IIT Bombay tracks Mars' climate shift using ancient valleys
short by / on Friday, 12 December, 2025
IIT Bombay researchers mapped Martian valleys in the Thaumasia Highlands, finding evidence of a climate shift. Low-latitude V-shaped valleys show flowing water erosion in the early Noachian era. Later, U-shaped valleys and features indicated increasing glacial activity as Mars cooled, suggesting the water froze into a subsurface layer.
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