Dirty Ice or Icy Dirt?
Soil Moisture Saturation UNDER-SATURATED Not enough water to fill all of the pore space of a given soil SATURATED Just the right amount of water to fill all of the pore space of a given soil OVER-SATURATED More water than can fit in the pore space of a given soil
Saturated?
What is the maximum water weight % that typical dirt on Earth can hold? Design your own experiment!
Water Estimates on Earth
Guess water weight % for each of these environments Dry Valley, Antarctica Canadian Permafrost Antarctic Glacier
Approximate water weight % for each of these environments Dry Valley, Antarctica Canadian Permafrost Antarctic Glacier ~100 % ~25 % ~1 %
Water Estimates on Mars
Frostfree Map of Water at Top Meter of Mars A B
Visible Map of Mars Surface A B