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The impact of human activity on the global atmospheric sulfur cycle is easily seen in densely inhabited, industrialized regions: the degradation of visibility by haze, the acidity of atmospheric precipitation, and the damage to forest vegetation are among the more obvious symptoms of this impact. Atmospheric transport propagates these effects well beyond their source regions. The human perturbation of the atmospheric sulfur cycle results largely from the emission of sulfur dioxide (S02) from fossil fuel burning. A number of recent papers have reviewed these emissions and presented a detailed source allocation (e.g. Cullis and Hirschler, 1980; Möller, 1984). The estimates for man-made sulfur emissions fall into a relatively narrow range: about 2.5 ± 0.3 Tmol yr-1 (Tmol: 1 Teramole = 1012 mol = 32 x 1012 g).
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Andreae, M.O. (1986). The Ocean as a Source of Atmospheric Sulfur Compounds. In: Buat-Ménard, P. (eds) The Role of Air-Sea Exchange in Geochemical Cycling. NATO ASI Series, vol 185. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4738-2_14
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