No, terraforming is not well studied at all, to any extent. There are some fun papers on it, but that's it. Global warming on Earth is not comparable to terrafo

No, terraforming is not well studied at all, to any extent. There are some fun papers on it, but that's it. Global warming on Earth is not comparable to terraforming a planet, it's like saying that we know how to heat the oceans of Titan, after all we can heat our baths every winter here. Even if we somehow fixed Mars' atmosphere (extremely difficult, but there are at least some ideas), we won't fix anything else. Mars is much farther away from the Sun, so it's always going to be much colder, whatever else happens to it. And it's covered in toxic dust and barren rock, that there is no realistic way to convert to livable useful soil. We should probably first "terraform" the deserts of Earth, as it will have much more value, and would be a good test. And of course, Mars has nowhere near enough water to sustain a significant human population + industry (the whole quantity of water ice is estimated to be similar to the great lakes). And most likely there is no natural water cycle that works at a human scale, due to the distinct lack of massive oceans. And related to the remote part: robots.