Terraforming Mars - Dissolution of carbonate rocks by cyanobacteria

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Aug 1993

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993jbis...46..291f&link_type=abstract

British Interplanetary Society, Journal (ISSN 0007-094X), vol. 46, no. 8, p. 291, 292.

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Atmospheric Composition, Carbon Dioxide, Environment Effects, Environmental Engineering, Mars (Planet), Bacteria, Carbon Cycle, Carbonates

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One of the most difficult tasks in terraforming Mars is the release into the atmosphere of CO2 bound by the surface of Mars. Even if a sufficiently dense CO2 atmosphere can be created by appropriate technology, the maintenance of CO2 concentration remains a problem. As Mars lacks plate tectonics as well as active volcanism, an earthlike carbon cycle cannot be reproduced there. We suggest that Matteia sp., a lime-boring cyanobacterium isolated from Negev desert rocks, be used to dissolve carbonate rocks both for initial release of CO2 and in design of a Martian carbon cycle.

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