An Introduction to Mars Terraforming, 2025 Workshop Summary

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Main Authors: Stork, Devon, DeBenedictis, Erika
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author Stork, Devon
DeBenedictis, Erika
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contents Terraforming Mars is an age old science fiction concept now worth revisiting through the lens of modern science and technology. This document serves as a summary of contemporary ideas about Mars terraforming, prepared for attendees of the 2025 Green Mars Workshop. It presents one illustrative story of how Mars might be transformed into a habitable world. The story is told in reverse, beginning with possible planetary endpoints and tracing backward to the steps required to reach them. Along the way, it highlights alternative approaches, critical unknowns and research priorities, and the near term applications and benefits of terraforming research for planetary science, climate engineering, and sustainable technologies on Earth.
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spellingShingle An Introduction to Mars Terraforming, 2025 Workshop Summary
Stork, Devon
DeBenedictis, Erika
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Geophysics
Terraforming Mars is an age old science fiction concept now worth revisiting through the lens of modern science and technology. This document serves as a summary of contemporary ideas about Mars terraforming, prepared for attendees of the 2025 Green Mars Workshop. It presents one illustrative story of how Mars might be transformed into a habitable world. The story is told in reverse, beginning with possible planetary endpoints and tracing backward to the steps required to reach them. Along the way, it highlights alternative approaches, critical unknowns and research priorities, and the near term applications and benefits of terraforming research for planetary science, climate engineering, and sustainable technologies on Earth.
title An Introduction to Mars Terraforming, 2025 Workshop Summary
topic Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Geophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.07344