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To: Brumar89 who wrote (73937)	1/1/2017 2:52:14 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 86355

Interesting to learn the ocean puts sulfur dioxide in the atmosphere. The smell of the sea is dimethyl sulfide produced by bacteria that eat phytoplankton. In the atmosphere, it oxidizes to produce sulfur dioxide, SO2. Which is pollution when humans release it, but not when the ocean and volcanoes do. I don't know how much SO2 comes from the ocean but volcanic production varies a lot from yr to yr and one source quoted 180 to 440 million tonnes per year. How much SO2 does the US produce? US SO2 emissions have been declining and were 17.1 million tonnes in 1999.