Earth's atmosphere - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Earth's atmosphere is a layer of gases surrounding the planet Earth that is retained by Earth's gravity. The atmosphere protects life on Earth by absorbing ultraviolet solar radiation, warming t...
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Greenhouse gas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Greenhouse gases are gases in an atmosphere that absorb and emit radiation within the thermal infrared range. This process is the fundamental cause of the greenhouse effect. The main greenhouse gases...
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Describes the composition and layers of the atmosphere. ... The oxygen so characteristic of our atmosphere was almost all produced by plants (cyanobacteria or, more colloquially, blue-green algae). Thus, the present composition of the atmosphere is 79% nitrogen, 20% oxygen, and 1% other gases.
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Now Computer models of volcanic eruptions on Io performed by researchers at Washington University in St. Louis show that the lavas are so hot that they are vaporizing sodium, potassium, silicon and iron and probably other gases as well into its atmosphere.
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Online news, features and analysis ... The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) today issued the global Annual Greenhouse Gas Index (AGGI), its benchmark measurement of gases in the atmosphere that affect the Earth’s climate.
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Identifier-bib: GLAD-50421536 ... Text Archive > American Libraries > The gases of the atmosphere, the history of their discovery ... The gases of the atmosphere, the history of their discovery (1915)
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Deutsche Bank's Asset Management division (DeAM) today launched the world's first scientifically valid, real-time carbon counter, a nearly 70-foot-tall digital billboard displaying the running total of long-lived greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
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NOTE: Carbon Dioxide is such a small component of Earth's atmosphere (368 ppmv) that the "slice" it represents in this chart is really only a "line" about 1/2 as thick as the line shown. Compared to former geologic times, Earth's atmosphere is "CO2 impoverished."
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