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An assessment of the global impact of anthropogenic vanadium

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Evidence that environmental levels of vanadium are increasing hasraised concern over the injection of vanadium into the environmentfrom anthropogenic sources. Two simple global mass balance models(simulating current and pre-industrial conditions) were developed todemonstrate the influence of anthropogenic vanadium on the globaldistribution of this trace metal. Current vanadium emissions owing toman's current industrial activities were estimated to comprise ≈30% oftotal atmosphere loading, ≈3% of total ocean loading, and ≈6% of totalland loading. These loadings were always considerably less than thoseresulting from non-anthropogenic sources or events. Differences notedbetween the pre-industrial and current models were not sufficientlygreat to suggest that injection of anthropogenic vanadium constitutes asignificant environmental threat on a global scale.

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HOPE, B.K. An assessment of the global impact of anthropogenic vanadium. Biogeochemistry 37, 1–13 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005761904149

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