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This 3 page paper discusses the dust storms that occur on Mars. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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a number of questions that this paper will attempt to answer. The first is the one that is under discussion: What causes the storms? Unfortunately, no one really knows. One
of the investigators of the storms is Phil Christensen of Arizona State; he says that "specialists do not really know, in detail, the causes of the Martian dust storms" ("When
Dust Storms Engulf Mars"). Some think the storms are caused by global warming (or in this case, Martian warming): as the dust clouds thicken, "they absorb more warmth from the
Sun, raising the temperature of the atmosphere," creating a never-ending loop ("When Dust Storms Engulf Mars"). Given this scenario, people wonder why the storms ever stop; in fact, those who
support this theory "are not sure why they do stop" ("When Dust Storms Engulf Mars"). There is another theory that posits the storms are caused by electricity ("When Dust Storms
Engulf Mars"). Because Marss atmosphere is very thin, energy from the Sun will go directly to the surface "without the ameliorating leakage via storm clouds that we see on Earth"
("When Dust Storms Engulf Mars"). Electrical energy generated this way will accumulate in the "planetary capacitor for some time, with a potential for planet-altering events when the atmosphere finally breaks
down and massive discharge activity is initiated" ("When Dust Storms Engulf Mars"). Thompson agrees, noting that simple experiments in Petri dishes "show how a layer of dust can be
lifted off the surface by electrical charge and carried up as a dust tornado." Once it is lifted from the surface the dust "behaves as a dust atmosphere" (Thompson). The
dust is very fine, almost like cigarette smoke, so it spreads rapidly and widely (Phillips). However, these theories, though elegant, are still only theories and the mechanism remains unknown, though
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