From forestry to geoengineering, silicate weathering counts | Freelance Science Writer

From forestry to geoengineering, silicate weathering counts

Environmental Research Web, 27 June 2012
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Watch out for rocks. From harvesting trees to growing crops – or even geoengineering the Earth’s climate – many of our activities have an intimate relationship with the weathering of the Earth’s crust. Now research shows how important it is to obtain good estimates of local rock-weathering rates if we are to avoid upsetting these finely balanced natural cycles.

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