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Any Mars life would be hard to find

Geophysical energy on Mars may have powered the evolution of a modest amount of microorganisms, perhaps too few for researchers to expect to find.

References:

Jakosky, B.M., and E.L. Shock. 1998. The biological potential of Mars, the early Earth, and Europa. Journal of Geophysical Research 103(Aug. 25):19359.

Further Readings:

Adler, T. 1995. Living free of photosynthesis. Science News 148(Oct. 21):263.

Anderson, R.T., F.H. Chapelle, and D.R. Loveley. 1998. Evidence against hydrogen-based microbial ecosystems in basalt aquifers. Science 281(Aug. 14):976.

Cowen, R. 1997. C’est la vie. Science News 152(Nov. 1):284.

______. 1996. Visions of Europa. Science News 150(July 6):8.

Sources:

Bruce M. Jakosky
University of Colorado
Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics
Campus Box 392
Boulder, CO 80309-0392

Jonathan I. Lunine
University of Arizona
Lunar and Planetary Laboratory
Space Sciences Building 92, Room 325
P.O. Box 210092
Tucson, AZ 85721

Kenneth H. Nealson
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
4800 Oak Grove Drive
Pasadena, CA 91109

Everett L. Shock
Washington University
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Group Exploring Organic Processes in Geochemistry
St. Louis, MO 63130

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