Atmospheric chemistry

Atmospheric chemistry

A scientific study of the chemistry of the Earth's atmosphere and that of other planets.

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gaia hypothesis

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

An hypothesis proposed during the early 1970s by James Lovelock which states that all living organisms have the ability to affect their surroundings such as the atmosphere, lithosphere, and climate ...

total ozone mapping spectrometer (TOMS)

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

An instrument that measures the total ozone in a vertical column of atmosphere. Measurements are made by comparing the amount of back scattered ultraviolet radiation with the amount of incoming ...

kyoto protocol

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

An international agreement arranged in 1997 in an 11 day conference that took place in Kyoto, Japan. The agreement, coming into force in 2005, required industrialized countries to reduce greenhouse ...

elliptic

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

An object having the shape of an ellipse: a squashed or elongated circle. The sun follows an elliptic path across the sky.

gasoline

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

An oil derived hydrocarbon mixture used as fuel in internal combustion engines. In the US more than 40% of carbon dioxide emissions come from transportation engines burning gasoline.

UV-B

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

An ultraviolet wavelength of light between 280 nm and 320 nm whose intensity is increasing at the earth's surface (probably causing increases in skin cancer), This UV increase is because of decreases ...