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ArticleNature2025

Carbonate formation and fluctuating habitability on Mars.

Edwin S Kite, Benjamin M Tutolo, Madison L Turner, Heather B Franz, David G Burtt, Thomas F Bristow, Woodward W Fischer, Ralph E Milliken, Abigail A Fraeman, Daniel Y Zhou

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Article in Nature, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Large drainage systems produced half of Mars' ancient river sediment.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
    Article
  2. A long-lost species.Nature reviews. Microbiology · 2025
    Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Edwin S KiteUniversity of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA. kite@uchicago.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-1426-1186
Benjamin M TutoloUniversity of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-3047-8828
Madison L TurnerUniversity of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Heather B FranzNASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9716-5597
David G BurttNASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA.
Thomas F BristowNASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6725-0555
Woodward W FischerCalifornia Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA.
Ralph E MillikenBrown University, Providence, RI, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3240-4918
Abigail A FraemanJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA.
Daniel Y ZhouUniversity of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.

Funding

NASA
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The cause of Mars's loss of surface habitability is unclear, with isotopic data suggesting a 'missing sink' of carbonate

Indexed as

CarbonatesExtraterrestrial EnvironmentMarsAtmosphereCarbon DioxideEarth, PlanetGeologic SedimentsGroundwaterPartial PressureSnowWaterCarbonatesCarbon DioxideWater

Identifiers

PMID40604181
PMCPMC12221984

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