Water on Mars and Life

Part I: History of Water on Mars.- Climate Evolution and the History of Water on Mars.- Hydrated Minerals and Magmatic Water.- Lacustrine Environments.- Early Life on Earth and Analogies to Mars.- Part II: Water on Present Mars and Potential Habitats.- Water Distribution in the Atmosphere and Soil and the Global Water Cycle.- Cold Region Hydrology and its Analogy for Mars.- Life in Ice and Cold Regions and Implications for Mars.- Groundwater.- Groundwater Microbiology and Application to Mars.- Brines, Halophiles and Evaporites in Permafrost.- Hydrothermal System in Impact Craters and Impact Crater Microbiology.- Microbiology in Hydrothermal Systems and Deep Subsurface.