Mars' northern polar regions in transition

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A newly released image from ESA's Mars Express shows the north pole of Mars during the red planet's summer solstice. All the carbon dioxide ice has gone, leaving just a bright cap of water ice.

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This image was acquired by the Mars Express High-Resolution Stereo Camera on 17 May 2010 and shows a part of the northern polar region of Mars at the northern hemisphere summer solstice. (Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin (G. Neukum))

Source:Science Daily
 
So either Mars is losing even more atmosphere normally, or it's suffering from "global warming" the same as us.?
 
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