Feedbacks in Geobiology (geobiology) @sumnerd

Feedbacks in Geobiology (geobiology) @sumnerd

Uploaded December 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

Positive (amplifying) and negative (dampening) feedbacks shape processes on Earth, including Earth-life interactions. In this video, I explain the two types of feedbacks and provide an example of each. The material in this video complements that in my very rough draft Geobiology LibreText chapter 1: geo.libretexts.org/Courses/University_of_California_Davis/UCD%3A_Geobiology_(Sumner)/Text/1%3A_Life_and_Earth

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