Weathering 1 (IMAGE)

Rice University

Weathering 1

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Weathering of Earth by glaciers may have warmed Earth over eons by aiding the release of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. A new study shows the cumulative effect may have created negative feedback that prevented runaway glaciation.

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Paul Quackenbush

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