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<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.<A negative feedback mechanism for the long-term stabilization of Earth's surface temperature by James C. G. Walker and others>[Proposed feedback between weathering, carbon dioxide and surface temperature]{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.


 James C. G. Walker (source code)