Scientists predicted where did all the water on the Mars go?

Scientists have a new theory that suggests where did all the water on the Mars go? This topic becomes more viral and a big question in everyone’s mind. 

Billion years ago, scientists thought that Mars had more water than it is now. So what happened to that water? Mars is now a frozen and dried land which is inhabitable for life. But it had water as long years ago; there must be a root of life. As previous researches said water on the Mars was lost due to deteriorated magnetic field, solar wind and radiation stripped by Martian atmosphere. It suggests that there should be a supported environment for life to hostile as we know today. But this theory fails to explain where did all the water on the Mars go?

Recently, the new theory proposed by “Oxford’s Department of Earth Science” suggests that the Martian surface may have absorbed the water of the planet.

The research is based on computer modeling techniques that could be help to calculate how much of water is removed from the Martian surface through the reaction of rocks. They found that the basalt rocks can absorb 25% of water than those on Earth. And this is the main reason why we couldn’t see the water on the Mars.

There are many evidences that could be leading us to believe that a different reaction is needed to oxidise the Martian mantle. The people had the question about this concept but they didn’t try to test the theory about the reaction of simple rocks which can absorb the water.

Due to temperature, pressure, and the chemical reaction on Mars results of sucking of water by rocks. Martian rocks can hold water to greater amount as compared to the rocks on the Earth. Mars and Earth are similar many conditions but they are different when compared to their temperatures and geological chemistry. Earth has low iron content than the mantle rocks of Mars and this results to the Earth that it doesn’t experiences conditions as Mars.

“The Earth's current system of plate tectonics prevents drastic changes in surface water levels, with wet rocks efficiently dehydrating before they enter the Earth's relatively dry mantle,” said Dr Wade. But this couldn’t have in early stages of the Earth and Mars that the water reacting with the freshly erupted lavas' which can form basaltic crust resulted in a giant sponge like effect. Then this spongy rocks reacted with water to form a variety of water bearing minerals this could be changing the red planet to become dry and inhospitable for the life.