Modeling the past climates of planet Mars to understand its geology, its habitability and its evolution

Project Information

Mars through time

Grant agreement ID: 835275

DOI

10.3030/835275

Project closed

EC signature date 11 June 2019

Start date 1 October 2019

End date 30 November 2025

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost

€ 2 493 836,00

EU contribution

€ 2 493 836,00

Coordinated by

CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS
France

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Publications

Peer reviewed articles (16)

No theoretical basis for an orbit–spin coupling inertial force in planetary atmospheres

Author(s): T. Pierron, F. Forget
Published in: Icarus, Issue 450, 2026, Page(s) 116984, ISSN 0019-1035
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2026.116984

Stratigraphic and Isotopic Evolution of the Martian Polar Caps From Paleo‐Climate Models

Author(s): E. Vos, O. Aharonson, N. Schörghofer, F. Forget, E. Millour, L. Rossi, M. Vals, F. Montmessin
Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, Issue 127, 2023, ISSN 2169-9097
Publisher: American Geophysical Union (AGU)
DOI: 10.1029/2021je007115

Observations of Water Frost on Mars With THEMIS: Application to the Presence of Brines and the Stability of (Sub)Surface Water Ice

Author(s): L. Lange, S. Piqueux, C. S. Edwards, F. Forget, J. Naar, E. Vos, A. Szantai
Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, Issue 129, 2025, ISSN 2169-9097
Publisher: American Geophysical Union (AGU)
DOI: 10.1029/2024je008489

Modelling the effect of volcanic outgassing of sulphur on early Martian surface temperatures using a 3-D Global Climate Model

Author(s): A.S. Braude, L. Kerber, F. Lefèvre, A.Y. Jaziri, S.S. Hamid, M. Lefèvre, M. Maurice, E. Millour, F. Forget
Published in: Icarus, Issue 436, 2026, Page(s) 116568, ISSN 0019-1035
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2025.116568

Mars Without the Southern Perennial CO₂ Cover

Author(s): E. Vos, O. Aharonson, F. Forget
Published in: Geophysical Research Letters, Issue 52, 2025, ISSN 0094-8276
Publisher: American Geophysical Union
DOI: 10.1029/2024gl113274

The Martian mid-latitude subsurface ice is the remnant of a past ice sheet

Author(s): E. Vos, F. Forget, L. Lange, J. Naar, J. B. Clement, E. Millour
Published in: Communications Earth & Environment, Issue 7, 2026, ISSN 2662-4435
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1038/s43247-026-03418-x

Revisiting the CO2 stability problem of the Martian atmosphere with a three-dimensional climate-photochemistry model

Author(s): Yangcheng Luo, François Forget, Franck Lefèvre
Published in: Icarus, Issue 457, 2026, Page(s) 117170, ISSN 0019-1035
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2026.117170

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Author(s): Maxime Maurice, François Forget, Franck Lefèvre, Aurélien Stolzenbach, A. Yassin Jaziri, Ashwin S. Braude, Martin Turbet, Ehouarn Millour, Yangcheng Luo
Published in: Icarus, Issue 448, 2026, Page(s) 116914, ISSN 0019-1035
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2025.116914

Increased hydrogen escape from Mars atmosphere during periods of high obliquity

Author(s): Gabriella Gilli, Francisco González-Galindo, Jean-Yves Chaufray, Ehouarn Millour, François Forget, Franck Montmessin, Franck Lefèvre, Joseph Naar, Yangcheng Luo, Margaux Vals, Loïc Rossi, Miguel Ángel López-Valverde, Adrián Brines
Published in: Nature Astronomy, Issue 9, 2025, Page(s) 960-968, ISSN 2397-3366
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1038/s41550-025-02561-3

A Reappraisal of Subtropical Subsurface Water Ice Stability on Mars

Author(s): L. Lange, F. Forget, M. Vincendon, A. Spiga, E. Vos, O. Aharonson, E. Millour, A. Bierjon, R. Vandemeulebrouck
Published in: Geophysical Research Letters, Issue 50, 2024, ISSN 0094-8276
Publisher: American Geophysical Union
DOI: 10.1029/2023gl105177

InSight Pressure Data Recalibration, and Its Application to the Study of Long-Term Pressure Changes on Mars

Author(s): Lange, L., F. Forget, D. Banfield, M. Wolff, A. Spiga, E. Millour, D. Viúdez-Moreiras, A. Bierjon, S. Piqueux, C. Newman, J. Pla-García, and W. B. Banerdt
Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research (Planets), Issue 127, 2022, Page(s) e07190, ISSN 2169-9100
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1029/2022je007190

On the Possibility of Melting Water Ice During the Recent Past of Mars: Implications for the Formation of Gullies

Author(s): L. Lange, F. Forget
Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, Issue 131, 2026, ISSN 2169-9097
Publisher: American Geophysical Union (AGU)
DOI: 10.1029/2025je009512

Modeling Slope Microclimates in the Mars Planetary Climate Model

Author(s): L. Lange, F. Forget, E. Dupont, R. Vandemeulebrouck, A. Spiga, E. Millour, M. Vincendon, A. Bierjon
Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, Issue 128, 2024, ISSN 2169-9097
Publisher: American Geophysical Union (AGU)
DOI: 10.1029/2023je007915

Paleo‐Evolution of Martian Subsurface Ice and Its Role in the Polar Physical and Isotopic Layering

Author(s): E. Vos, O. Aharonson, N. Schörghofer, F. Forget, L. Lange, E. Millour
Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, Issue 128, 2024, ISSN 2169-9097
Publisher: American Geophysical Union (AGU)
DOI: 10.1029/2023je007822

Water Supersaturation for Early Mars

Author(s): A. Delavois, F. Forget, M. Turbet, E. Millour, R. Vandemeulebrouck, L. Lange, A. Bierjon
Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, Issue 128, 2024, ISSN 2169-9097
Publisher: American Geophysical Union (AGU)
DOI: 10.1029/2022je007424

Milankovitch forcing of equilibrium ground-ice on Mars

Author(s): Oded Aharonson, Eran Vos, Ehouarn Millour, Francois Forget, Norbert Schörghofer
Published in: Icarus, Issue 444, 2026, Page(s) 116772, ISSN 0019-1035
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2025.116772

Thesis and dissertations (3)

Modeling the martian dust cycle

Author(s): Thomas Pierron
Published in: 2026
Publisher: Sorbonne Université

Studying and modeling the dynamics of water and CO2 ice on Mars

Author(s): Lucas Lange
Published in: 2024
Publisher: Sorbonne Université

Modeling the past environments and ice ages on Mars

Author(s): Joseph Naar
Published in: 2023
Publisher: Sorbonne université