Fool's Gold Oxidation
According to a professor at Rice University, the weathering of Earth by glaciers over many eons could have sped up the release of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. The study conducted by Mark Torres, an assistant professor of Earth, environmental, and planetary sciences shows that a process called glaciation most likely increased the amount of carbon dioxide being released into our environment. The team of researchers also discovered that magnified pyrite (commonly known as fool’s gold) oxidation created acidity that allowed carbon dioxide into our oceans and altered the Earth’s carbon cycle. Over a time period of 10,000 years, glacial oxidation could have altered the concentration of carbon dioxide in the Earth’s atmosphere by nearly