On the one hand, volcanoes pump out large amounts of carbon dioxide which increases CO2 levels in the atmosphere. On the other hand, the same volcanoes help remove that CO2 through rapid weathering reactions.
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By Ahmad Arif |
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SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY — Indonesia’s volcanic belt is responsible for emitting and then removing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. With this role, for hundreds of millions of years, volcanoes have helped stabilize the temperature on the earth’s surface, but cannot save us from the current climate crisis.
The findings were published by scientists from the University of Southampton, England with a team from the University of Sydney, Australian National University (ANU), University of Ottawa and University of Leeds and published in the journal Nature Geoscience on August 23, 2021. The study is focused on exploring the combined impact of processes on the solid earth, oceans and atmosphere over the last 400 million years.
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