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New research finds that ancient carbon in rocks releases as much carbon dioxide as the world's volcanoes
Phys.org ^
| 10/4/2023
| University of Oxford
Posted on 10/05/2023 3:55:10 AM PDT by Recovering_Democrat
A new study led by the University of Oxford has overturned the view that natural rock weathering acts as a CO2 sink, indicating instead that this can also act as a large CO2 source, rivaling that of volcanoes. The results, published today in the journal Nature, have important implications...
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KEYWORDS: astronomy; carbondioxide; catastrophism; climate; co2; environment; geology; hoax; media; oxford; science; unitedkingdom; volcano; volcanoes
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To: Verginius Rufus
Cover all ancient rocks with plastic, or with duct tape? Plastic would probably be cheaper.
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Isn’t plastic from ‘fossil fuel’?
To: Recovering_Democrat
And yet atmospheric CO2 stays around four hundredths of one percent! If it increased fivefold the only difference we’d notice is plant life thriving.
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10/05/2023 7:09:49 AM PDT
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JimRed
(TERM LIMITS, NOW! Militia to the border! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
To: 75thOVI; Abathar; agrace; aimhigh; Alice in Wonderland; AnalogReigns; AndrewC; aragorn; ...
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10/05/2023 7:18:07 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
To: Recovering_Democrat
Rock science is not rocket science.
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10/05/2023 7:18:37 AM PDT
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bunkerhill7
(Don't shoot until you see the whites of their lies)
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