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Atmospheric chemistry

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

Contributors in Atmospheric chemistry

Atmospheric chemistry

hypsometric diagram

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

A graph that shows in any way the relative amounts of Earth's surface at different elevations with regard to sea level.

intergovernmental panel on climate change (IPCC)

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

A group set up by the World Meteorological Organization and the United Nations Environmental Program in 1988, it consists of hundreds of scientists around the world who are studying the earth's ...

tundra

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

A high-latitude biome composed of limited biodiversity. Because of the colder temperatures compared to lower latitudes, plants are limited to small bushes, grasses, mosses, and lichens and almost no ...

radical

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

A highly reactive molecule or atom with an unpaired electron. The species is often represented by a formula with a single dot as the unpaired electron (see immediately below). Important atmospheric ...

free radical

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

A highly reactive molecule or atom with an unpaired electron. The species is often represented by a formula with a single dot as the unpaired electron (see immediately below). Important atmospheric ...

pangea

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

A huge protocontinent thought to have existed 200 million years ago and from which all present continents are thought to have formed. ,

gondwanaland

Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry

A hypothetical supercontinent comprising approximately the present continents of the southern hemisphere. See also Pangaea.

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