Weather: How it Works and why it MattersPerseus Pub., 2000 - 223 pàgines |
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... oxygen in combination with one atom of carbon ) , nor is it a simple element such as oxygen , hy- drogen , or even iron . Our atmosphere consists primarily of two gases , nitrogen and oxygen , both of which exist in what is called ...
... oxygen in combination with one atom of carbon ) , nor is it a simple element such as oxygen , hy- drogen , or even iron . Our atmosphere consists primarily of two gases , nitrogen and oxygen , both of which exist in what is called ...
Pàgina 45
... oxygen through photosynthesis . Plants still use photosynthesis to enrich our air with oxygen . Absence of oxygen on our neighboring worlds implies that life also is absent there . This situation is very likely for Venus , with carbon ...
... oxygen through photosynthesis . Plants still use photosynthesis to enrich our air with oxygen . Absence of oxygen on our neighboring worlds implies that life also is absent there . This situation is very likely for Venus , with carbon ...
Pàgina 46
... oxygen , as is still the case on Venus and Mars . On all terrestrial worlds , carbon and oxygen are among the lighter ele- ments that would have been concentrated near the surfaces , whereas the heavier elements such as silicon and iron ...
... oxygen , as is still the case on Venus and Mars . On all terrestrial worlds , carbon and oxygen are among the lighter ele- ments that would have been concentrated near the surfaces , whereas the heavier elements such as silicon and iron ...
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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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