Surprising Insights About Debris Flows on Mars

New research from planetary researcher Lonneke Roelofs at Utrecht University has revealed surprising insights about the formation of gully landscapes on Mars. The study challenges the previous notion that gullies were formed exclusively by liquid water and has significant implications for our understanding of water on Mars and the search for potential life on the planet. The findings are based on experiments conducted in a specialized ‘Mars chamber’ that simulated the process under Martian conditions, providing direct observational evidence of debris flows driven by CO2 ice.