Determining what controls the geological carbon cycle is crucial for understanding climate stability, planetary habitability and the long-term consequences of anthropogenic carbon emissions. On long ...

Chemical weathering of continental surfaces consumes 0.3 Gt yr −1 of atmospheric carbon 7. This flux is of the same importance as the net uptake of CO 2 by the terrestrial biosphere in pre-industrial ...

Scientists have come up with a model to better understand how weathering, the process that acts as Earth's thermostat, responds to changing global temperatures. Rocks, rain and carbon dioxide help ...