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Ben Turner

RARE PHOTOS: Fool s gold is driving a new accelerating climate feedback loop in canada | Vintage Vibes

A hut sits at an altidue of 1,800 meters near the Mackenzie Mountains in Yukon, Canada.

Fool's gold may be driving a disturbing climate feedback loop in the Canadian Arctic.

Erosion of rocks like pyrite, or fool's gold, releases carbon dioxide. And thanks to that weathering, CO2 emissions from Canada's Mackenzie River Basin could double by 2100, a change equivalent to half the current annual emissions from the country's aviation industry, a new study found.

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