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Originally Posted by thrash
You'd think so, but the oxygen already stored in the atmosphere is good for hundreds of years before the loss would be noticeable.
Too bad, that: a suddenly oxygen-depleted alternate would have some fun possibilities.
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Does this calculation take into account the decay of newly dead plant matter? I understand that to be a significant source of oxidation. At the least it's why plants don't remove CO2 from the atmosphere on a long term basis unles they are buried in peat bogs or similar locations.
I suppose dead animal matter would affect things as well.
Then there's rusting and other inorganic oxidation processes.