Levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide constrain vegetation types and thus also non-biological uptake during rock weathering. That's the reasoning used to explain why CO2 levels did not fall below a certain point in the Miocene.
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Goddéris, Y., Donnadieu, Y. Climatic plant power. Nature 460, 40–41 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/460040a
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