DrSamuel Boone

Earth’s Thermostat: Did landscape evolution cool past Hothouse climates? This project explores how Earth's landscape has been reshaped over millions of years – and how these changes helped cool the planet by pulling CO2 from the atmosphere. By understanding how erosion and weathering naturally remove CO2, we can better assess climate change solutions that aim to speed up this process, like enhanced silicate weathering. Expected outcomes include the first global models linking landscape evolution to the geochemical record, revealing how Earth's natural thermostat works. The findings will guide carbon removal strategies and help pinpoint stable crustal regions rich in critical minerals for the green energy transition.

Earth’s Thermostat: Did landscape evolution cool past Hothouse climates? This project explores how Earth's landscape has been reshaped over millions of years – and how these changes helped cool the planet by pulling CO2 from the atmosphere. By understanding how erosion and weathering naturally remove CO2, we can better assess climate change solutions that aim to speed up this process, like enhanced silicate weathering. Expected outcomes include the first global models linking landscape evolution to the geochemical record, revealing how Earth's natural thermostat works. The findings will guide carbon removal strategies and help pinpoint stable crustal regions rich in critical minerals for the green energy transition.

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Manifold, P., McInnes, B., Boone, S. C., and Lindenmayer, O. AuScope News

Collins, A., Blades, M., and Boone, S. C. Turkana Basin Institute GeoBlog

Boone, S. C., and Manifold, P. AuScope News

Betts, P., Boone, S. C., Quigley, M., Miller, M., Sandiford, M., Condon, J., Rawling, T., Clark., C., and Collins., A. Recasting the geoscience narrative. TAG - The Australian Geologist (Sep. Edition 2021)

Boone, S. C., Quigley, M., Betts, P., Miller, M., Rawling, T., and Sandiford, M. Geo Down Under

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