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Total number of prokaryotes over land in bottom 3 km of the atmosphere prokaryote ~5E+19 cfu 108507 William B. Whitman,*†...
Fraction of viruses and bacteria deposited from the atmosphere that were attached to dust or organic aggregates Biosphere viruses ~69%: bacteria ~97% % 114909 Reche I, D'Orta G, Mladenov N...
Top 10 gaseous elements in the atmosphere and their abundance Biosphere Table - link Proportion (p.p.m) 106344 Emsley John, Nature's...
The top 10 gaseous elements in the atmosphere and their abundance Biosphere Table - link N/A 107259 Emsley John, Nature's...
Pie chart of the balance of oxygen in the atmosphere and consumed in oxidizing processes over 1.8 billion years Biosphere Table - link × 10^20 mol O2 116119 Duursma EK, Boisson MPRM...
Average time for water to renew in rivers and to be completely replaced in the atmosphere Biosphere in rivers renewed once every 16 days: in the atmosphere completely replaced once every 8 days days 115098 Pidwirny, M. (2006)....
Contribution of CO2 to the atmosphere by current (as of 1991) worldwide deforestation (see 'Comments' section for a more precise figure) Biosphere 0.8 x 10^14 - 2.5 x 10^14 mol CO2/year 116105 Duursma EK, Boisson MPRM...
Equilibration time for carbon dioxide between the atmosphere and near-surface layer of the oceans Biosphere 10-30 years 101696 Nocera, D. Lewis, N....
Fraction of all the water on the Earth that is in the oceans (the rest is held as freshwater in glaciers and icecaps, groundwater, lakes, soil, the atmosphere, and within life) Biosphere ~97 % 115097 Pidwirny, M. (2006)....
Mean atmospheric oxygen content over Carboniferous period Biosphere 30 % 101499 Holland HD. The oxygenation...
Fraction of water that cycles each year from the land to the atmosphere that passes through the bodies of land plants Biosphere 0.667 unitless 100808 Holbrook, N.M. and M.A....
The DMS concentrations and sea-to-air flux from the major ecological regions of the world ocean Biosphere Table - link N/A 107540 Andreae MO, Raemdonck...
Ratio of ozone to oxygen in the stratosphere of present-day Earth Biosphere ~5×10^-5 unitless 115037 Kihara S, Hartzler DA...
Atmospheric concentration decrease for ideal isothermal conditions Biosphere ~9 km 111406 Hans Kuhn, Horst-Dieter...
Time for O2 replenishment by photosynthesis Biosphere 2000 years 100471 Nobel, P. S.Plant Physiology...
Rate of release of fossil-fuel derived CO2 Biosphere ~4.25e+14 mol CO2/year 116100 Duursma EK, Boisson MPRM...
Deposition rates of viruses Biosphere by atmospheric washout 0.31e9 - 3.84e9: by sedimentation 0.26e9 - 3.89e9 viruses/m^2/day 114907 Reche I, D'Orta G, Mladenov N...
Deposition rates of bacteria Biosphere by atmospheric washout 0.88e7 - 5.78e7: by sedimentation 0.55e7 - 2.80e7 cells/m^2/day 114908 Reche I, D'Orta G, Mladenov N...
Concentration of dissolved carbon dioxide in surface ocean Biosphere ~10 μM 108697 aquatic photosynthesis...
Total dissolved inorganic carbon concentration in ocean water Biosphere 2 mM 100964 aquatic photosynthesis...