Atmospheric loss
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It is clear that Mars had a thicker atmosphere in the past, perhaps up to 3 bar. It is a near vacuum now (0.6 bar), so what has happened to Mars' atmosphere?
Gasses Absorbed Into Crust:
BIBLIOGRAPHY
// Discussion of atmospheric loss by sputtering.
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/355/6332/1408
// Discussion of how thick Mars' atmosphere used to be. See page 101.
// Discussion of how CO2 Clathrates could be part of Mars' subsurface ice. See page 199.
"Mars: A Warmer Wetter Planet", by Jeffrey S. Kargel, ISBN 1-85233-568-8
