Weather: How it Works and why it MattersPerseus Pub., 2000 - 223 pàgines |
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... greenhouse gases during the period covered by the core . Of particular interest is the behavior of carbon dioxide , which , along with water vapor , is the most important greenhouse gas in the Earth's at- mosphere . The variations in ...
... greenhouse gases during the period covered by the core . Of particular interest is the behavior of carbon dioxide , which , along with water vapor , is the most important greenhouse gas in the Earth's at- mosphere . The variations in ...
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... greenhouse gases , ozone is a toxic gas . We will discuss ozone further in a later chapter . We need only point out here that the gas is now diminishing in the stratosphere , where it is needed , and simultaneously increasing in the ...
... greenhouse gases , ozone is a toxic gas . We will discuss ozone further in a later chapter . We need only point out here that the gas is now diminishing in the stratosphere , where it is needed , and simultaneously increasing in the ...
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... greenhouse gases and they , too , are on the increase . Does human activity , in particular our input of greenhouse gases and aerosols into the atmosphere , affect the future of global climate ? This question is of great interest and ...
... greenhouse gases and they , too , are on the increase . Does human activity , in particular our input of greenhouse gases and aerosols into the atmosphere , affect the future of global climate ? This question is of great interest and ...
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Introduction | 1 |
The Fundamentals of Air | 7 |
Its Not the Heat Its the Heat and the Humidity | 15 |
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