The XPrize Foundation today announced the winners of its four-year, US $100 million XPrize competition in carbon removal. The ...

Weathering breaks down rocks on the surface of the Earth ... Rocks can be weathered by a physical process, like a change in temperature, freezing and thawing or the action of wind, waves or ...

Weathering is the mechanical and chemical hammer that breaks down and sculpts the rocks. Erosion transports the fragments away. Working together they create and reveal marvels of nature from ...

No known chemical or physical weathering mechanism can explain the phenomenon ... "Bacteria have been isolated from deep rocks, where they feed on inorganic and organic material dissolved in water ...