Atmosphere Articles

• Ozone Holes
  Air Quality
  Air Pollution
  Environmental Issues
  Pollution
  Atmosphere
   
  

  Tropospheric ozone

  Ozone (O3) is a key constituent of the troposphere. Photochemical and chemical reactions involving it drive many of the chemical processes that occur in the atmosphere by day and by night. At ... > more
• Climate
  Weather
  Atmosphere
  Geography
  Severe Weather
  Global Warming
   
  

  Atmospheric circulation

  Atmospheric circulation is the large-scale movement of air by which heat is distributed on the surface of the Earth. The wind belts and the jet streams girdling the planet are steered by three ... > more
• Climate
  Atmosphere
  Earth Science
  Floods
  Severe Weather
  Global Warming
   
  

  Jet stream

  Jet streams are fast flowing, relatively narrow air currents found in the atmosphere at around 12 km above the surface of the Earth, just under the tropopause. They form at the boundaries of adjacent ... > more
• Volcanoes
  Natural Disasters
  Exotic Species
  Atmosphere
  Air Quality
  Geomagnetic Storms
   
  

  Volcanic ash

  Volcanic ash consists of very fine rock and mineral particles less than 2 mm in diameter that are ejected from a volcanic vent. Ash is created when solid rock shatters and magma separates into minute ... > more
• Weather
  Climate
  Global Warming
  Environmental Issues
  Severe Weather
  Earth Science
   

  Climate model

  Climate models use quantitative methods to simulate the interactions of the atmosphere, oceans, land surface, and ice. They are used for a variety of purposes from study of the dynamics of the ... > more
• Earth Science
  Geology
  Earthquakes
  Environmental Issues
  Climate
  Oceanography
   
  

  Earth science

  Many scientists are now starting to use an approach known as Earth system science which treats the entire Earth as a system in its own right, which evolves as a result of positive and negative ... > more
• Air Pollution
  Acid Rain
  Geochemistry
  Organic Chemistry
  Air Quality
  Healthy Aging
   

  Nitrogen oxide

  NOx is a generic term for the various nitrogen oxides produced during combustion. They are believed to aggravate asthmatic conditions, react with the oxygen in the air to produce ozone, which is also ... > more
• Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
  Near-Earth Object Impacts
  Atmosphere
  Earth Science
  Geology
  Mars
   
  

  Meteor

  A meteor is the visible path of a meteoroid that enters the Earth's (or another body's) atmosphere, commonly called a shooting star or falling star. A meteor is a meteoroid that has entered the ... > more
• Weather
  Severe Weather
  Geomagnetic Storms
  Hurricanes and Cyclones
  Storms
  Global Warming
   
  

  Weather

  Weather is a term that encompasses phenomena in the atmosphere of a planet. The term is normally taken to mean the activity of these phenomena over short periods of time, usually no more than a few ... > more
• Air Quality
  Air Pollution
  Pollution
  Environmental Science
  Environmental Issues
  Acid Rain
   
  

  Air pollution

  Air pollution is a broad term applied to any chemical, physical (particulate matter), or biological agent that modifies the natural characteristics of the atmosphere. The atmosphere is a complex, ... > more

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