A negative feedback mechanism for the long‐term stabilization of Earth's surface temperature

• James C. G. Walker

• P. B. Hays

• J. F. Kasting

抄録

We suggest that the partial pressure of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is buffered, over geological time scales, by a negative feedback mechanism in which the rate of weathering of silicate minerals (followed by deposition of carbonate minerals) depends on surface temperature, and surface temperature, in turn, depends on carbon dioxide partial pressure through the greenhouse effect. Although the quantitative details of this mechanism are speculative, it appears able partially to stabilize earth's surface temperature against the steady increase of solar luminosity believed to have occurred since the origin of the solar system.

収録刊行物

• Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

  Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 86 (C10), 9776-9782, 1981-10-20

  American Geophysical Union (AGU)

キーワード

• Paleontology
• Space and Planetary Science
• Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)
• Atmospheric Science
• Earth-Surface Processes
• Geochemistry and Petrology
• Soil Science
• Water Science and Technology
• Ecology
• Aquatic Science
• Forestry
• Oceanography
• Geophysics

詳細情報

• CRID: 1362544421300612352
• NII論文ID: 80000990124
• DOI: 10.1029/jc086ic10p09776
• ISSN: 01480227
• ISSN: http://id.crossref.org/issn/01480227
• Web Site: https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1029%2FJC086iC10p09776
• Web Site: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1029/JC086iC10p09776
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