Biomass burning aerosols and climate a 19th century perspective

Abstract

We recall an almost visionary, but largely forgotten paper on biomass burning aerosols and climate, which dates back to the 19th century but anticipates much of the current perspective. Here we summarize the main points of the paper and embed it into the context of the current scientific discussion. This short paper accompanies an English translation and edition of the original article (which was published in German) in this issue.

Keywords

• aerosol
• biomass burning