Why has Earth’s climate remained so stable over geological time? The answer just might rock you. Rocks, particularly the types created by volcanic activity, play a critical role in keeping Earth’s ...

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The research is the first to document the potential for substantial contributions of CO2 from thawing permafrost to the atmosphere through an inorganic process called mineral weathering, according to ...

Ecological Bulletins, No. 44, Effects of Acid Deposition and Tropospheric Ozone on Forest Ecosystems in Sweden (1995), pp. 100-113 (14 pages) Weathering rates for the upper 0.5 m soil at 22 coniferous ...

May 5 (UPI) --New research shows mineral weathering during hothouse conditions helped life on Earth rebound in the wake of one of the "big five" mass extinctions some 200 million years ago. The ...

The amount of carbon dioxide released from thawing permafrost might be greater than previously thought, according to a new study by ecologists. The research is the first to document the potential for ...

Ants may be some of Earth's most powerful biological climate brokers, a provocative new study claims. The average ant lives and dies in less than a year, but a long-term experiment tracking the ...

If you want a role model for work ethic in the animal kingdom, you’d do well to pick the ant. Maintaining tunnels, gathering food, and defending the colony are all in a solid day’s work. Now you might ...

• Ectomycorrhizal fungi are hypothesized to enhance mineral weathering in forest soils. Several studies have shown an increased uptake of mineral-derived nutrients by trees when in symbiosis with ...