The biosphere as a driver of global atmospheric change
Abstract
The effects of the biosphere on the evolution of atmospheric oxygen and ozone, and the consequences of that development for global atmospheric change, are discussed. Attention is given to the impact of oxygen and ozone on atmospheric photolysis rates, the effect of oxygen on the biogenic production of nitrous oxide and nitric oxide, and the effects of the evolution of atmospheric oxygen on fires and biomass burning. The influence of the latter on atmospheric processes, particularly the production of methane, carbon dioxide, and carbon monoxide, is considered.
- Publication:
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IN: Scientists on Gaia. Cambridge
- Pub Date:
- 1991
- Bibcode:
- 1991gaia.book..353L
- Keywords:
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- Atmospheric Chemistry;
- Atmospheric Composition;
- Biosphere;
- Climate Change;
- Global Air Pollution;
- Man Environment Interactions;
- Carbon Dioxide;
- Carbon Monoxide;
- Hydroxyl Radicals;
- Methane;
- Nitric Oxide;
- Nitrous Oxides;
- Ozone;
- Photolysis;
- Troposphere;
- Vertical Distribution;
- Geophysics