Mars
is alive with geophysical activity.
Geophysics means the study of Earth’s physical
processes.
For
planetary scientists, the idea of such processes
occurring on Mars was once highly improbable, if not
unthinkable.
Mars has no coherent global magnetic field, an
atmosphere one half of one percent as dense as Earth’s,
and no tectonic plates.
Scientists are puzzled by the dynamic actively on Mars -
towering dust devils, planet-engulfing dust storms,
mysterious aurorae - and the recent discovery of
hundreds of unexplained seismic events.
Independent researcher Stuart Talbott begins by
analyzing the largest martian quake detected in May 2022
- which was equivalent to the cumulative energy of all
other marsquakes detected to date.
