Present day Mars habitability analogue environments on Earth: Difference between revisions

== Cave systems ==

There are several almost enclosed ecosystems below the surface of the Earth, in cave habitats, which are especially good analogues for Mars as similar environments might exist there. And the mines give access to deep subsurface environments which turn out to be inhabited on the Earth, and may possibly exist on Mars.<ref name="AertsRöling2014">{{cite journal|url=http://www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/4/4/535/htm#322SubsurfaceEnvironments|last1=Aerts|first1=Joost|last2=Röling|first2=Wilfred|last3=Elsaesser|first3=Andreas|last4=Ehrenfreund|first4=Pascale|title=Biota and Biomolecules in Extreme Environments on Earth: Implications for Life Detection on Mars|journal=Life|volume=4|issue=4|year=2014|pages=535–565|issn=2075-1729|doi=10.3390/life4040535}}</ref>

 

===Basaltic lava tube caves===