“While [organic carbon weathering] could be a big positive feedback, in the end, that tells you that the silicate weathering ...

Scientists found that thawing permafrost can trigger increased rock weathering, a natural process that absorbs CO2 from the ...

Climate change is altering where and when rocks are most likely to fracture across Spain, according to new research that ...

Vegetarians need not worry yet—plants will be on Earth for a long time to come. But not forever. The sun will ultimately ...

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Rocks, rain and carbon dioxide help control Earth's climate over thousands of years -- like a thermostat -- through a process called weathering. A new study may improve our understanding of how this ...

Earth’s last great survivor may not be humanity, or even animals. It may be photosynthesis itself. Cacti, some algae, and ...

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The surface of Mars is desiccated, cold, and oxidized today. However, ancient parts of the crust contain hundreds of channel networks and dry lakes that must have formed in a warmer and wetter climate ...

The reduced salinity from 36 to 31psu between 16 and 4 ka in a record from Ganges river mouth (126KL) of Bay of Bengal 27, shows that intensification of summer monsoon with initiation of interglacial ...

Sandbars swirl beneath Oregon Inlet in Cape Hatteras National Seashore on North Carolina's Outer Banks. Waves driven by ocean winds can cause the sandbars here to shift and change literally by the ...