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Mountains are only minor contributors to erosion and climate regulation

2013-01-07 18:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

ScienceDaily: Though churning smokestacks, cud-chewing cows and gasoline-burning vehicles are contributing constantly to greenhouse gas emissions, there are also many processes that do the reverse, pulling molecules like carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. One of these is chemical weathering, which occurs when rock turns into soil. Carbon dioxide molecules and rain combine to dissolve rock, and the weathering products, including sediment, eventually make their way through waterways to the ocean where some become...

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