Beneficial Effects of Humans on the Biosphere

Not all human activities are detrimental to the biosphere. In fact, the anthrosphere can be designed and operated in ways that improve the qnality of the biosphere. For example, the productivity of 

Look up information pertaining to the career of James Lovelock, author of The Vanishing Face of Gaia A Final Warning. What is the scientific discovery early in his career that pertains to environmental chemistry What is Gaia What is the final warning  

Look up biomarkers or biomarkers of exposure. What are biomarkers telling us about the state of the biosphere Are they providing warning signs  

What two things essential for sustaining the biosphere are captured by photosynthesis Explain. 

Biomass (other than that contained in bone) is represented in this chapter by the simplified formula of CH2O, which shows the three most abundant elements in biomass. What are the next three most abundant elements in biomass See if you can find on the Internet an empirical formula that takes these elements into account and write a chemical reaction representing photosynthesis that includes all these elements. 

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