Jan Umsonst

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Do microbial mats of cyanobacteria produce methane in a benthic marine environment?

Hello, do anybody know of a study that looked if microbial mats of cyanobacteria produce methane in a benthic marine environment? As these mats spread now along our coasts it could become...

13 August 2022 5,704 8 View

Short time climate forcing potential of the observed methane increase?

I wonder for some time if the following calculation is wrong or if it gives the right impression. Methane is on a 100 year timescale about 28 times stronger than CO2 and on 20 years even about...

05 January 2020 6,737 4 View

Carbonate in the upper water colum is important for calcifying zooplankton?

I've read that benthic calcifiers like coral reefs and shellfish are producing most of the carbonate in coastal areas in the ocean. About 2.5 Gt of carbonate a year. Reef calcifiers are the most...

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Could wildfires intensify highpressure systems by warming the upper atmosphere (heat domes)?

I wonder about the feedbacks of the smoke from wildfires. Currently, a consensus is emerging, that smoke from wildfires warms the upper atmosphere but cools the surface. But if wildfires heat up...

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What does an extreme Earth's energy imbalance of 2.1 W/m2 or higher mean?

Earth emits longwave radiation to space most efficiently from the higher atmosphere layers and regions closer to the poles. As a result, there is an increased need for energy transport to the...

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