That's not what the papers say. Glidden et al. write, "Both a bare rock and an N2-rich atmosphere provide adequate fits to the data." That's not "hints of an atmosphere," any more than flipping a coin and covering it with my hand is "hints of heads."

biogeochemistry, in-situ resource utilization, oxygen production, ecology, and space physics and space environment monitoring, as well as the exploration and distribution of terraforming-relevant resources. Submissions on technologies/techniques that support terraforming goals are also encouraged.

We encourage contributions on all aspects of both local and global terraforming, including planetary atmospheres, climate modeling/climate feedbacks, monitoring of climate change beyond Earth, spacecraft data analysis, hydrology, soil/regolith composition and suitability (or otherwise) for life,

If we decide in the future to create sustainable habitats and ecosystems beyond Earth, then science will have a critical role to play. As the cost of access to space continues to fall, a fresh look at the research agenda for this topic is timely.

Conveners: Edwin Kite ( @asterainstitute.bsky.social + @uchicagopsd.bsky.social
), Nina Lanza (LANL), @rdword.bsky.social‬ (@harvard.edu), and Chuanfei Dong (BU)

Today I and 11 other scientists describe in Nature Astronomy how recent breakthroughs in launch capabilities, climate, and synthetic biology demand a new assessment of the feasibility of terraforming Mars.

www.erikadebenedictis.com/s/The-case-f...

Within our model, Mars radiative-dynamical feedbacks enable engineered-aerosol warming. Challenges remain, including functionalization, agglomeration, dry-deposition experiments, and modeling water cycle
feedbacks. Happy to now be working @asterainstitute.bsky.social on these problem!

The Hadley cell strengthens under warming, aiding mixing.