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Biogenic source emission

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-003196

1. An air emissions source created by some sort of biological activity. Examples include emissions resulting from microbial activity in soils and emissions from trees and other vegetation. Emissions from biogenic sources are a subset of emissions from natural sources (see natural source).

2. Emissions that are naturally occurring and are not significantly affected by human actions or activity.

3. Emissions from natural sources. In NATA, biogenic emissions are those from trees, plants and soil microbes.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-003196
FieldEnvironment
SubjectEnvironmental events
ReferencesEPA Report on the Environment Glossary at http://www.epa.gov/ncea/roe/glossary.htm; DOE Energy Information Administration Glossary; AirToxScreen Glossary of Terms
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-003196",
  "term": "Biogenic source emission",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Biogenic Source Emission",
  "definition": "1. An air emissions source created by some sort of biological activity. Examples include emissions resulting from microbial activity in soils and emissions from trees and other vegetation. Emissions from biogenic sources are a subset of emissions from natural sources (see natural source).\n\n2. Emissions that are naturally occurring and are not significantly affected by human actions or activity.\n\n3. Emissions from natural sources. In NATA, biogenic emissions are those from trees, plants and soil microbes.",
  "subject": "Environmental events",
  "references": [
    "EPA Report on the Environment Glossary at http://www.epa.gov/ncea/roe/glossary.htm",
    "DOE Energy Information Administration Glossary",
    "AirToxScreen Glossary of Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/biogenic-source-emission/"
}

Record 3,135 of 29,894 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.