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Terraforming Mars; Is it Possible and Should We Try? & Thousands of Endangered Trees Discovered Preserved in China

Cool Stuff Ride Home

Reggie Risseeuw and Marques Pfaff

News, Tech News, Science, Society & Culture

4.6732 Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2025

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Thanks to our sponsor, Venice.AI. Get 20% off a pro plan using our link: venice.ai/coolstuff and code coolstuff. Terraforming Mars Might Actually Work and Scientists Now Have a Plan to Try It Thousands of Centuries-Old Trees, Some Extinct in the Wild, Are Preserved by Ancient Temples in ChinaThousands of endangered trees preserved for centuries inside Chinese templesReligious temples are long-term refuges for old trees in human-dominated landscapes in China: Current Biology Contact the Show: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Hey, it's a Wednesday edition of Cool Stuff, Riding Home.

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My name's Marcus Paff, and you know what we do on this show.

0:37.1

We bring you some of the more interesting and down know what we do on this show. We bring you

0:37.5

some of the more interesting and downright cool stories from around this planet we call

0:41.8

Earth. On today's episode, Terraforming Mars, aka bringing the planet back to life. Can

0:49.6

it work? And should we try it? Plus, centuries-old trees, some of them extinct, are actually preserved

0:57.0

in China. We've got details. That and a look at this day in history coming up on Cool Stuff.

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This article is courtesy of ZME science and author Tibi Pui.

1:07.0

Mars is a frozen shadow of its former self. Its riverbeds are dry, its air is thin

1:13.5

and chalkful of carbon dioxide, and its soil is soaked with salts hostile to life. Yet beneath

1:19.7

the red dust lies planet-sized potential, a planet that once had lakes and skies, and

1:25.3

perhaps the right conditions for life to begin.

1:28.2

Now, a team of researchers want to nudge Mars back toward that lost possibility,

1:33.1

not out of nostalgia, but to ask a deeper question.

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