James C. G. Walker coauthored a model of long-term climate regulation by silicate weathering. Warmer conditions can increase reactions that consume atmospheric carbon dioxide, reducing greenhouse warming and opposing the initial temperature change.[ref]
The mechanism links the solid Earth to climate through a chemical and transport budget. Its effectiveness depends on water, exposed reactive rock and the rate at which carbon returns to the atmosphere; a stabilizing tendency does not imply instant regulation.
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