For more information about terraforming check out "Terraforming Mars - Astrobiology Perspectives on Life in the Universe" by Martin Beech and "The Future of Humanity" by Michio Kaku.

Mars is a frozen shadow of its former self. Its riverbeds are dry, its air is thin and chock-full of carbon dioxide, and its soil is soaked with salts hostile to life. Yet beneath the red dust ...

How to terraform Mars Terraforming Mars would require massive changes, namely the warming of the planet to support both oxygen-producing microbes and liquid water.

When considering which worlds we will terraform, we will have to consider the cost not just to ourselves, but also to the universe.

If future Mars colonizers want to survive without pressure suits, they’ll need to generate a denser atmosphere. One way to achieve this could be to bombard the Red Planet with water-rich asteroids.