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New research has overturned the traditional view that natural rock weathering acts as a carbon sink that removes CO2 from the atmosphere. Instead, this can also act as a large CO2 source, rivaling ...

A new study shows how land and ocean weathering form one system, linking rivers, rocks, and seafloor muds to shape Earth’s ...

For many hundreds of millions of years, the average temperature at the surface of the Earth has varied by not much more than 20° Celsius, facilitating life on our planet. To maintain such stable ...

Phantom (The Ghost Who Walks) takes his wife Diana to Keela-Wee, a private beach. After swimming, they roll in gold-rich sand before entering the House of Jade. Perhaps Lee Falk, who in 1936 created ...

Samples from an asteroid collected by a Japanese probe suggest that Earth's water may have come from the sun. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

Researchers found grooves and etchings on rocks around Zhurong's landing site. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. China’s first Mars ...

The film explores the processes of weathering and sedimentation that shape the Earth's surface. It explains how rocks break down into mud and sand through natural elements, which are then carried ...

Brad Carr, a UW associate research scientist in geology and geophysics, uses the Geoprobe instrument to sample the subsurface in the foothills of the southern Sierra Nevada in California. Carr ...

Sedimentary rocks on the banks of the Mackenzie River, Canada, a major river basin where rock weathering is a CO2 source. Image credit: Robert Hilton. Rocks contain an enormous store of carbon in the ...