Atmosphere and Plants
Plant distribution and health is controlled by properties of the atmosphere such as climate, hurricanes, lightning, and pollution. Plants also play a large role in controlling th...
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EARTH SCIENCE
Was the Timing of the Rise in Earth's Atmospheric Oxygen Triggered by Geological as Opposed to Biological Processes?
Viewpoint: Yes, the timing of the rise in Earth's atmos...
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Atmospheric Composition and Structure
During most of history, Earth's atmosphere was regarded as little more than a mass of air and clouds. Simple observations from the ground yielded little mo...
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Stratosphere and Stratopause
The atmosphere of Earth can be divided into semi-horizontal layers or spheres, based on properties such as temperature variation, gas components, or electrical properties....
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Air Composition
Throughout recorded history, people have realized that air is critical to life. Hundreds of years before the birth of Christ, Greek philosophers suggested that air was one of four basi...
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Atmospheric Composition and Structure
During most of history, the Earth's atmosphere was regarded as little more than a mass of air and clouds. Simple observations from the ground yielded little more ...
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Atmospheric Deposition
Many kinds of particulates and gases are deposited from the atmosphere to the surfaces of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Wet deposition refers to deposition occurring whi...
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Atmosphere and Plants
Was the Timing of the Rise in Earth's Atmospheric Oxygen Triggered by Geological as Opposed to Biological Processes
Atmospheric Composition and Structure
Air Composition
Atmospheric Deposition