How plate tectonics, mountains and deep-sea sediments have maintained Earth's 'Goldilocks' climate - Space.com


6/6/2022 12:00:00 AM2 years 11 months ago
by Andrew Merdith, Dietmar Müller, Christopher Gonzalez, Weronika Gorczyk, Adriana Dutkiewicz, Tobias Keller, Ben Mather, Sabin Zahirovic, Jo Condon

For hundreds of millions of years, Earth’s climate has warmed and cooled with natural fluctuations in the level of carbon dioxide (CO₂) in the atmosphere.

An erupting volcano, part of Earth's tectonic cycle. (Image credit: Salvatore Allegra / AP) This article was originally published at The Conversation. (opens in new tab) The publication contributed … [+7597 chars]

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