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Subglacial Lakes on Mars

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 * Nonexistent, similar articles: Lakes on Mars, Martian polar ice caps, Planum Australe.
 * Nonexistent, similar articles: Lakes on Mars, Martian polar ice caps, Planum Australe.

Methane on Mars

 * Article Evaluation from David: Methane on Mars is a more substantial topic and the current page has multuple problems. Among many problems, it gives primacy to speculations about methane rather than the data (e.g., the lead ignores the persistent non-detection of CH4 from the Trace Gas Orbiter (e.g., Montmessin+ 2021 https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/pdf/2021/06/aa40389-21.pdf ), the article fails to cite papers critical of methane detection or showing that a proposed seasonal cycle is not statistically sound (e.g., Gillen+ 2020 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2019.113407 ), and the aritcle miscites Zahnle+ (2010) an LPSC abstract — as proposing methane in clathrates when, in fact, the more substantial Zahnle+ (2011, Icarus) paper argues that clathrates can’t work. And that’s just the beginning of a long list. So, the methane on Mars page has a lot of cleaning up to do.
 * Article Evaluation from David: Methane on Mars is a more substantial topic and the current page has multuple problems. Among many problems, it gives primacy to speculations about methane rather than the data (e.g., the lead ignores the persistent non-detection of CH4 from the Trace Gas Orbiter (e.g., Montmessin+ 2021 https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/pdf/2021/06/aa40389-21.pdf ), the article fails to cite papers critical of methane detection or showing that a proposed seasonal cycle is not statistically sound (e.g., Gillen+ 2020 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2019.113407 ), and the aritcle miscites Zahnle+ (2010) an LPSC abstract — as proposing methane in clathrates when, in fact, the more substantial Zahnle+ (2011, Icarus) paper argues that clathrates can’t work. And that’s just the beginning of a long list. So, the methane on Mars page has a lot of cleaning up to do.