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Dirty Ice or Icy Dirt?
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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
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Saturated?
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What is the maximum water weight % that typical dirt on Earth can hold? Design your own experiment!
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Water Estimates on Earth
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Guess water weight % for each of these environments Dry Valley, Antarctica Canadian Permafrost Antarctic Glacier
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Approximate water weight % for each of these environments Dry Valley, Antarctica Canadian Permafrost Antarctic Glacier ~100 % ~25 % ~1 %
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Water Estimates on Mars
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Frostfree Map of Water at Top Meter of Mars A B
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Visible Map of Mars Surface A B
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