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PHYSICS OF OUR DAYS

Carbon dioxide gas in the Earth's atmosphere

B. M. Smirnov

I. V. Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy

Abstract: On the basis of forecasts of extraction of fossil fuels during the next fifty years an analysis is made of the accumulation in the Earth's atmosphere of carbon dioxide released in industrial processes. The effect of such changes on the Earth's climate and on harvests is discussed.

UDC: 551.510.5

PACS: 89.60.+x, 92.60.Sz, 92.60.Hp

DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0126.197811f.0527

 English version: Physics–Uspekhi, 1978, 21:11, 978–980