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Articles | Volume 19, issue 17
Articles | Volume 19, issue 17
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-4029-2022
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-4029-2022
© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 19, issue 17
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01 Sep 2022
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Reply to Lars Olof Björn's comment on “Fundamental molecules of life are pigments which arose and co-evolved as a response to the thermodynamic imperative of dissipating the prevailing solar spectrum” by Michaelian and Simeonov (2015)

Karo Michaelian and Aleksandar Simeonov

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We reply to Lars Björn's critique of our article concerning the importance of photon dissipation to the origin and evolution of the biosphere. Björn doubts our assertion that organic pigments, ecosystems, and the biosphere arose out of a non-equilibrium thermodynamic imperative to increase global photon dissipation. He shows that the albedo of some non-living material is less than that of living material. We point out, however, that photon dissipation involves other factors besides albedo.
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