Recently developed climate models for Mars that take into account changes in the planet's axis tilt suggest that Mars's giant mid-latitude mountains - Ascraeus Mons, Pavonis Mons and Arsia Mons - were prime locations for glaciation around 210 million years ago. Working with James W Head, Lionel Wilson and David R Marchant from the Lancaster Environmental Centre in the UK, Scanlon looked for evidence that hot volcanic lava may have flowed in the region the same time that the glacier was