Estimated Sources of Short-lived Sulpher Gases (Tg S per year)


Anthropogenic emissions (mainly SO2)

70-80

Biomass burning (SO2)

0.8-2.5

Oceans (DMS)

10-50

Soils and plants (DMS and H2S)

0.2-4

Volcanic emissions (mainly SO2)

7-10



Adapted from Houghton, J.T., Climate Change 1992. Cambridge University Press.