Concept information

chemical > inorganic substance > carbon dioxide > atmospheric carbon dioxide

Preferred term

atmospheric carbon dioxide  

Definition

  • primary source of carbon in life on Earth and its concentration in Earth's pre-industrial atmosphere since late in the Precambrian was regulated by photosynthetic organisms and geological phenomena

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URI

http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/15063

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