Talk:Secondary organic aerosol
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Wiki Education assignment: Biogeochemical Cycles
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This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 6 January 2025 and 21 April 2025. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Kparedero (article contribs). Peer reviewers: Charper61.
— Assignment last updated by MethanoJen (talk) 14:29, 10 January 2025 (UTC)
Article Review
[edit]This article is sparse and is in need of elaboration. The page provides a definition for secondary organic aerosols (SOAs) and differentiates them from primary organic aerosols. A brief summary is provided for SOA production mechanisms. The article additionally notes that SOAs play a role of overall composition of aerosols in the troposphere. There is room for all the content in this article to be expanded upon. There appear to be some errors in the source content. The article notes that primary organic aerosol are solely emitted from the biosphere, which is not true, as anthropogenic emissions can also contribute to the production of these primary aerosols. Additionally, the description of SOA production regimes are extremely brief. There is much room to elaborate on this subject, as SOA formation mechanisms are complex. It should be noted that this article only cites one source, and as such the scope of the content is limited. The primary source referenced does not provide sufficient context for the article.