EnvThes – Thesaurus for long term ecological research, monitoring and experiments

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Preferred term

carbon dioxide

Definition

  • [Henderson's] CO2, a gas present in the atmosphere at a concentration of about 362 ppm. The main sources of atmospheric carbon dioxide are biological respiration, of which it is a waste product, combus­tion, and outgassing from the oceans. Carbon dioxide is removed from the atmo­sphere by photosynthesis and by solution in sea-water. Human activity has enhanced the atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide by the burning of fossil fuels and biomass. It is a major greenhouse gas, trap­ping heat in the lower atmosphere.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • CO2

Scope note

  • US LTER controlled vocabulary

Creator

  • herbert.schentz@umweltbundesamt.at

In other languages

French

  • dioxyde de carbone

URI

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/USLterCV_89

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