Weathering of huge amounts of tiny rocks could be a means to reduce the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. While this is normally a slow natural process during which minerals chemically bind CO2, ...

What if cropdusting could cool down the climate? What about rockdusting? Turns out sprinkling rock dust on fields may enhance ...

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 ...

During the Ordovician period, the concentration of carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere was about eight times higher than today. It has been hard to explain why the climate cooled and why the ...

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 ...

Not all nitrogen comes from the atmosphere Up to a quarter of nitrogen on Earth comes from rocks Discovery could greatly improve climate change projections and focus carbon sequestration efforts For ...

The agreement between the bank and climate tech company UNDO aims to remove 6,538 metric tons of carbon dioxide from the ...

The towering peaks of the Southern Andes are not just shaping the skyline of South America—they are also quietly influencing ...

Reactions between rocks, rain and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere have helped to stabilise the climate throughout Earth’s history, but they won’t prevent our carbon emissions from causing severe ...

Some cobbles and pebbles, enclosed in eolian sediment with artifacts, were unweathered and others were very highly weathered. Because the artifacts were tentatively dated as 1,000 to 2,000 years old, ...

Not all of the nitrogen on the planet comes from the atmosphere, according to a new study. Up to a quarter comes from Earth's bedrock. The discovery could greatly improve climate change projections.