Carbon Cycle

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Our latest paper reveals how plate tectonics has driven Earth's climate shifts

New research published in Communications Earth & Environment shows that the balance between volcanic outgassing and carbon sequestration into oceanic lithosphere is the key driver …

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Dr. Ben Mather
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Carbon emissions along divergent plate boundaries modulate icehouse-greenhouse climates

Carbon emissions along divergent plate boundaries modulate icehouse-greenhouse climate transitions through mid-ocean ridge and rift degassing.

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Dr. Ben Mather
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How deep can carbon hide in the Pacific?

Our paper in Frontiers in Earth Science presents six new regional reconstructions of the carbonate compensation depth across the Pacific Ocean over the last 30 million years, …

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Dr. Ben Mather
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Regional carbonate compensation depth variability in the Pacific Ocean since the Oligocene

Reconstructing regional carbonate compensation depth variability in the Pacific Ocean since the Oligocene to understand deep-sea carbon cycling.

Faranak Dalvand
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A billion-year carbon budget for the solid Earth

Our paper in G-Cubed couples plate tectonic models with thermodynamic carbon outflux estimates to build the most comprehensive reconstruction of solid Earth carbon degassing and …

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Dr. Ben Mather
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Solid Earth Carbon Degassing and Sequestration Since 1 Billion Years Ago

Coupling plate tectonic models with thermodynamic carbon outflux estimates to reconstruct solid Earth carbon degassing over the last billion years.

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R. Dietmar Müller
Understanding the deep-time tectonic carbon cycle by linking thermodynamic and plate tectonic models featured image

Understanding the deep-time tectonic carbon cycle by linking thermodynamic and plate tectonic models

This talk examines the deep-time tectonic carbon cycle by linking thermodynamic models of carbon storage and release with global plate tectonic reconstructions. We quantify carbon …

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Dr. Ben Mather
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What kept Earth frozen for 57 million years?

A new paper in Geology links the duration of the Sturtian Snowball Earth glaciation to exceptionally low CO2 outgassing from mid-ocean ridges — not volcanic arcs.

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Dr. Ben Mather
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Duration of Sturtian 'Snowball Earth' glaciation linked to exceptionally low mid-ocean ridge outgassing

Exceptionally low mid-ocean ridge CO2 outgassing sustained the Sturtian Snowball Earth glaciation for over 50 million years.

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Adriana Dutkiewicz