Scientists probe underground depths of Earth’s carbon cycle
Tuesday, November 8, 2016 - 14:01
in Earth & Climate
Understanding how carbon dissolves in water at the molecular level under extreme conditions is critical to understanding the Earth’s deep carbon cycle—a process that ultimately influences global climate change. Contrary to current geochemical models, the carbon dissolved in water-rich fluid at the bottom of the Earth’s upper mantle is not in the form of carbon […]
