Scientist Proposes Growing a Forest Inside a Bubble on Mars

We've seen a lot of "Star Wars", but the human quest to become an interplanetary species isn't just because.

We've put our home planet under a lot of pressure over the past century or so. Population growth isn't showing any signs of slowing even if we do make some ecological moves to avoid turning Earth into a giant landfill. It is believed that the only way to preserve our species is to settle other planets.

Humans have been able to flourish on Earth because of the resources, which makes colonizing other planets incredibly difficult, assuming that we can figure out a way to transport large groups of people to new worlds.

A civil engineer from the University of Bristol wants to build a forest on the surface of Mars. That's right, naturally.

Smith wrote that natural areas must be sacrificed if human population growth is not controlled. Terraforming Mars is an alternative.

Yes, honestly? He made a good case.

Mars is a very different planet from Earth and has a vastly different atmosphere, but it is believed to have large amounts of frozen ice underneath its surface. The challenges could be alleviated by the creation of an atmosphere controlled container. Is that a bubble?

The regolith is rich in some elements. It falls short of a number of essential micronutrients, as well as soil enrichment and important organisms like earthworms.

Smith isn't suggesting that humans terraform the entire planet. The bubbles would be models of old growth Earthly forests and would offer both emotional and practical benefits for planet hopping Earthlings.

It would be an extraterrestrial nature reserve, a psychological refuge and a botanic garden.

Smith's plan may be in trouble because of Mars' high radiation levels and the question of how the red planet's magnetic field will affect plants.

If humans make it back to the Moon, to Mars, and beyond, there will be many more questions like that. Regardless of what he proposes, the message in Smith's paper is that we will be able to preserve the one we already have.

Smith writes that world leaders should be concerned about the future of life in the Universe. This is an important duty on a planet with limited habitability. The survival of life is the most important thing.

There is a debate about whether to build a nature reserve on Mars. There is aUniverse Today.

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