November 15: Biomass burning as a source of trace gases to the atmosphere, lecture material (pdf, without movie)

Reading assigment: Review Paper by Guenther Helas (1995): Emissions of atmospheric trace gases from vegetation burning

November 17: The Global Phosphorus Cycle, lecture material (pdf)

Current Affairs: An article about the use of "white phosporus" as a weapon in warfare (Vietnam, Iraq, ...) is here.
What is "white phosphorus"? What actually happens when white phosphorus is "spread" with an explosive?