Slow carbon cycle
Also: long-term carbon-cycle
The slow carbon cycle
The article Understanding the long-term carbon-cycle: weathering of rocks - a vitally important carbon-sink delves into the long-term carbon cycle that involves the interactions of the atmosphere with rocks and oceans over many millions of years.
![rock weathering](https://skepticalscience.com/graphics/RockWeathering_1024w_small.jpg)
Article written by John Mason in 2013.
References
All IPCC definitions taken from Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis. Working Group I Contribution to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Annex I, Glossary, pp. 941-954. Cambridge University Press.