Another twist in the mining debate - but not Bitcoin mining, it's conventional mining this time - and instead of a positive twist, it's a negative one.
New research finds that ancient carbon in rocks releases as much carbon dioxide as the world's volcanoes
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New research has overturned the traditional view that natural rock weathering acts as a CO2² sink that removes CO² from the atmosphere. Instead, this can also act as a large CO² source, rivalling that of volcanoes. The results have important implications for modelling climate change scenarios but at the moment, CO² release from rock weathering is not captured in climate modelling. Future work will focus on whether human activities may be increasing CO² release from rock weathering, and how this could be managed.