Fig. 2: Fast carbon cycle processes in the snowball Earth aftermath.
From: Moderate greenhouse climate and rapid carbonate formation after Marinoan snowball Earth
The figure summarises the five processes that lead to air-sea CO2 exchange in the aftermath of a snowball Earth and were quantified in this study. The effect of the processes on atmospheric CO2 (red text represents an increase and blue text represents a reduction of the atmospheric CO2 concentration) and a rough estimate of the process time scale is given. The quantification is based on the ICON-ESM simulations and additional box model calculations.
