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| Property | Organism | Value | Units | ID | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mass of the atmosphere | Biosphere | 5E+18 | kg | 110488 | Johnston DT, Wolfe-Simon F... |
| Total N2 in atmosphere | Biosphere | 1E+15 | Tonnes | 102435 | Zahran HH. Rhizobium-legume... |
| Total CO2 in atmosphere | Biosphere | ~8e+14 | kg | 100472 | Nobel, P. S. "Plant ... |
| Water in the atmosphere | Biosphere | 10000 | km^3 | 101080 | John Holdren, Science... |
| Composition of Earth's dry atmosphere | Biosphere | Table - link | N/A | 103496 | John Harte, Consider... |
| Water vapour content of the atmosphere | Biosphere | 1.5E+16 | kg/yr | 101754 | Alistair M. Hetherington1... |
| Composition of the lower atmosphere and exosphere | Biosphere | Table - link | N/A | 116088 | Duursma EK, Boisson MPRM... |
| Total carbon stored in the atmosphere | Biosphere | 720 (Table - link) | 10^15 g | 100967 | aquatic photosynthesis... |
| Fraction of atmosphere that is carbon dioxide | Biosphere | 0.04 | % | 111056 | Peterhansel C et al.... |
| Atmosphere equilibrated CO2 concentration in ocean surface water | Biosphere | at 0°C ~25µM: at 20°C ~13 | µM | 116815 | Kranz SA, Young JN, Hopkinson... |
| Ratio of oxygen in atmosphere to dissolved oxygen in ocean | Biosphere | 10000 | unitless | 110489 | Johnston DT, Wolfe-Simon F... |
| Capacity of oceans to store heat compared with the atmosphere | Biosphere | >1,000 | times greater | 113985 | Danovaro R et al., Marine... |
| Global estimate of DMS (DiMethyl Sulfide) fluxes to the atmosphere | Biosphere | 16 to 39 | Tg S/year | 107539 | Simpson et al., "Inventorying... |
| CO2 budget of atmosphere in mol x 10^14/year and CO2 exchange in mol 10^14/year, between the atmosphere, rivers and the world oceans | Biosphere | Table - link | mol CO2 x 10^14/year | 116104 | Duursma EK, Boisson MPRM... |
| Present-day loss of hydrogen and helium from atmosphere to outer space | Biosphere | hydrogen ≈3: helium 0.05 | kg/sec | 111477 | Catling DC, Zahnle KJ.... |
| Global Natural Background Flow to the Atmosphere of Selected Substances | Biosphere | Table - link | N/A | 103501 | John Harte, Consider... |
| Time scale for for oxygenation of atmosphere by photosynthetic O2 producing cyanobacteria | Biosphere | 2200-2400 | MYA | 105549 | Ilana Berman-Frank, Pernilla... |
| Amount of water that cycles each year from the land to the atmosphere | Biosphere | >=60000 | km^3 | 100807 | Holbrook, N.M. and M.A.... |
| Oxygen (O2) and carbon dioxide (CO2) data for atmosphere and oceans | Biosphere | Table - link | N/A | 116089 | Duursma EK, Boisson MPRM... |
| Factor by which CO2 level in the oceans is greater than that in the atmosphere | Biosphere | 55 | times greater in ocean | 116130 | Duursma EK, Boisson MPRM... |