Weather: How it Works and why it MattersPerseus Pub., 2000 - 223 pàgines |
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... natural processes . These findings , particularly the overabundance of iridium , led the No- bel laureate physicist Luis Alvarez , his paleontologist son Walter , and two other scientists to formulate the now - famous impact theory ...
... natural processes . These findings , particularly the overabundance of iridium , led the No- bel laureate physicist Luis Alvarez , his paleontologist son Walter , and two other scientists to formulate the now - famous impact theory ...
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... natural component from volcanic sources . The total amount can then be compared to the addi- tional carbon dioxide appearing in the air . A second check looks at the abundance of the carbon isotopes C13 and C14 , which are formed in the ...
... natural component from volcanic sources . The total amount can then be compared to the addi- tional carbon dioxide appearing in the air . A second check looks at the abundance of the carbon isotopes C13 and C14 , which are formed in the ...
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... natural cycle , but on the whole do no damage to the atmosphere . If we use the ashes as fertilizer , no real damage is done any- where , but energy has been saved elsewhere . Wood burning is done on a grand scale in Finland , where ...
... natural cycle , but on the whole do no damage to the atmosphere . If we use the ashes as fertilizer , no real damage is done any- where , but energy has been saved elsewhere . Wood burning is done on a grand scale in Finland , where ...
Continguts
Introduction | 1 |
The Fundamentals of Air | 7 |
Its Not the Heat Its the Heat and the Humidity | 15 |
Copyright | |
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