title: A much warmer Earth surface for most of geologic time:  implications to biotic weathering.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Howard University, Washington, DC, USA.
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Schwartzman
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: McMenamin
mesh_terms: D005075:Biological Evolution; D002980:Climate; D018534:Earth, Planet; D004783:Environmental Microbiology; D019419:Evolution, Planetary; D017752:Greenhouse Effect; D006358:Hot Temperature; D008697:Methane; D010944:Plants; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D008697:Methane