| Chapter 9: The Ocean and Coastal System |
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| The Atmosphere: An Envelope of Gases |
| The NOAA Aeronomy Laboratory conducts fundamental research on the chemical and physical processes of the Earth's atmosphere. This page includes a diagram of Earth's atmospheric structure and links to environmental issues studied by the lab, such as stratospheric ozone depletion, tropospheric ozone production in rural areas, greenhouse warming, the effect of aircraft on the atmosphere, and El Niño. |
| NASA's Space Academy page on Earth's atmosphere. Includes a discussion of the composition and structure of the atmosphere, along with a detailed diagram of Earth's atmospheric structure. |
| NASA's Space Academy page on the physics of Earth's atmosphere. Illustrated. |
| Climate and Weather |
| Greenhouse Effect and Global Warming is a student-designed web page that provides good information on such topics as Earth's atmosphere, what causes the greenhouse effect, principal greenhouse gases, what the greenhouse effect and global warming could do to our planet, human concerns, evidence of global warming so far, and possible benefits from the greenhouse effect and global warming. |
| Environment Australia's fact sheet on the greenhouse effect. |
| The Greenhouse Effect Visualizer lets one explore the Earth's radiation budget and ozone data. |
| Storms |
| FAQs: Hurricanes, Typhoons, and Tropical Cyclones. |
| PSC Meteorology Program Cloud Boutique. Provides images and explanations of basic cloud forms. |
| Human Influence on Atmospheric Chemistry |
| EPA Acid Rain home page. |
| EcoNet's Acid Rain home page. |
| EPA Office of Air and Radiation home page, with links to resources on urban air pollution, indoor air, vehicle emissions' contributions to air pollution, and visibility. |
| EPA Ozone Depletion home page. |
| Air Pollution and Environmental Management |
| Environmental Success Stories from Environment Canada. Covers many categories, including pollution prevention. |
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