• Burning of fossil fuels in power stations and on board ships produces sulfur dioxide, a major pollutant. (outokumpu.com)
  • FGD removes compounds such as sulfur dioxide, carbon dioxide, dust and soot. (outokumpu.com)
  • The acidic sulfur dioxide must be neutralized with alkaline chemicals and in marine environments, sea water is often used as a coolant. (outokumpu.com)
  • Large stratovolcanoes, like Rinjani, can spew a complex mixture of sulfur dioxide, water, ash, and halogens that interact with one another and the atmospheric chemistry and influence global climate. (nasa.gov)
  • Sulfur compounds, especially sulfur dioxide, are key to post-eruption cooling, so modelers had previously focused on sulfur chemistry. (nasa.gov)
  • New technology now allows them to see how all the various gaseous emissions - including water in addition to sulfur dioxide - influence climate following a mega-eruption. (nasa.gov)
  • Without erupted water vapor, there wouldn't be enough water in this atmospheric layer for critical reactions with sulfur dioxide to occur. (nasa.gov)
  • Models that don't track water vapor show sulfur dioxide lingering too long in the stratosphere. (nasa.gov)
  • Additional water from the volcano speeds up the change of sulfur dioxide gas into sulfate aerosols and also helps the aerosol particles grow bigger more quickly. (nasa.gov)
  • We showed that water can change the response to the sulfur dioxide injection. (nasa.gov)
  • What I do remember is that everything I read pointed to the types of pollution we emit more often is sulfur dioxide, rather than carbon dioxide. (sott.net)
  • One of these pollutants is sulfur dioxide - a compound recognized to pose serious health risks. (aft.com)
  • For this reason, major efforts are made to capture sulfur dioxide created in combustion processes before it reaches the atmosphere in a process known as flue-gas desulfurization. (aft.com)
  • Nuclear energy prevents more than 528 million metric tons of carbon dioxide that would otherwise emit from fossil fuel combustion from entering our atmosphere. (westinghousenuclear.com)
  • Increasing levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is causing oceans to become more acidic, with potentially devastating consequences, a new study has claimed. (blueandgreentomorrow.com)
  • The oceans absorb more than a quarter of carbon dioxide emitted from manmade sources into the atmosphere. (blueandgreentomorrow.com)
  • Includes sulphur dioxide. (nerc.ac.uk)
  • Thus, as humans change the atmosphere by emitting carbon dioxide, those changes will endure on the timescale of many human lives. (nasa.gov)
  • The concentration of carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere is currently at nearly 412 parts per million (ppm) and rising. (nasa.gov)
  • A chart showing the steadily increasing concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere (in parts per million) observed at NOAA's Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii over the course of 60 years. (nasa.gov)
  • However, there is no one lone pair on the sulfur atom in the lewis structure of the SO2 (Sulfur Dioxide). (wellcometreeoflife.org)
  • On the other hand, Jupiter has an atmosphere full of hydrogen gas with traces amounts of other elements like carbon dioxide or water vapor in it. (odysseymagazine.com)
  • Venus has a thick Carbon Dioxide atmosphere. (odysseymagazine.com)
  • When shrouded in darkness, Io's atmospheric sulfur dioxide experiences temperatures of around -168°C (-270°F), down from the relatively toasty -148°C (-235°F) it bathes in in direct sunlight. (iflscience.com)
  • Though Io's hyperactive volcanoes are the ultimate source of the sulfur dioxide, sunlight controls the atmospheric pressure on a daily basis by controlling the temperature of the ice on the surface," co-author John Spencer, a member of the Southwest Research Institute, said in a statement . (iflscience.com)
  • Many of these plumes resupply Io's dynamic atmosphere with its sulfur dioxide. (iflscience.com)
  • ii) Sulfur dioxide, except where steam generator capacity is less than two hundred fifty million BTU per hour heat input or if sulfur dioxide control equipment is not required. (wa.gov)
  • iii) Percent oxygen or carbon dioxide where such measurements are necessary for the conversion of sulfur dioxide continuous emission monitoring data. (wa.gov)
  • Sulfur dioxide where production capacity is more than three hundred tons per day, expressed as one hundred percent acid, except for those facilities where conversion to sulfuric acid is used primarily as a means of preventing emissions to the atmosphere of sulfur dioxide or other sulfur compounds. (wa.gov)
  • As recently described in the journal JGR Planets , the researchers sent simulated arc-type electrical discharge into a sealed ceramic tube containing the key components of Venus's atmosphere - mostly carbon dioxide and nitrogen, with some sulfur dioxide added later - at pressures that might be found 50 to 75 km (31 to 47 miles) above the planet's surface. (wustl.edu)
  • The sulphurous type, as the name suggests, contains mainly sulphur dioxide. (harcourthealth.com)
  • The rest of the atmosphere near Earth's surface is made up of carbon dioxide and trace amounts of a number of other gases. (encyclopedia.com)
  • The carbon dioxide content of the atmosphere has grown significantly in the last 50 years as a byproduct of the burning of fossil fuels. (encyclopedia.com)
  • In addition to carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide, there are entirely human-made trace gases in the atmosphere that have added significantly to global warming. (encyclopedia.com)
  • Natural greenhouse gases include water vapour (H 2 O), carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), methane (CH 4 ) and nitrous oxide (N 2 O). Man-made greenhouse gases include CO 2 , CH 4 , N 2 O, and various chlorine and bromine containing compounds such as sulphur hexafluoride (SF 6 ) and chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). (niwa.co.nz)
  • Clouds play an important role in the oxidation of sulfur dioxide to sulfate, since aqueous phase sulfur dioxide oxidation is typically much faster than oxidation in the gas phase. (cdc.gov)
  • Because quantities of emitted sulfur dioxide in China are so large, however, it is possible that they exceed the capacity of regional clouds for sulfate production, leading to enhanced long-range transport of emitted SO2 and its oxidation product, sulfate. (cdc.gov)
  • Scavenging efficiencies for total sulfur (PM2.5 sulfate plus gaseous sulfur dioxide), however, averaged only 43%, indicating the majority of gaseous sulfur dioxide remained unprocessed in these cloud events. (cdc.gov)
  • The purpose of the carbon station is for all visitors to have an experience that burning fossil fuels is the cause of the global warming that is currently taking place, and that the contribution of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere is small but significant, compared to the natural processes. (lu.se)
  • Once in the atmosphere, the carbon dioxide will react with water and form carbonic acid. (lu.se)
  • From here, the carbon can then be released into the atmosphere as carbon dioxide again, or chemically react with other elements (for example calcium) to form new rock. (lu.se)
  • This reduces the amount of carbon (dioxide) in the atmosphere and limits the greenhouse effect. (lu.se)
  • However, most of the compounds which have been identified with certainty in space are relatively small molecules such as hydrogen, water and carbon dioxide. (lu.se)
  • 1985. Automatic system for rapid analysis of volatile compounds by purge-and-cold trapping/capillary gas chromatography. (cdc.gov)
  • The two studies reveal that small amounts of oxygen were present in the oceans and possibly in the atmosphere around 2.5 billion years ago, indicating possibly that oxygen-producing microbes, such as cyanobacteria , were already pumping out this lung-filling ingredient, the researchers say. (livescience.com)
  • Studying the dynamics that gave rise to the presence of oxygen in Earth's atmosphere deepens our appreciation of the complex interaction between biology and geochemistry," Pilcher said. (livescience.com)
  • The history of life on Earth is closely tied to the emergence of oxygen in the atmosphere. (livescience.com)
  • They examined chemicals whose presence is linked with oxygen, including sulfur compounds and metals like molybdenum and rhenium. (livescience.com)
  • They found evidence that there was a small but significant amount of oxygen present in the oceans and possibly Earth's atmosphere just prior to the end of the Archean Eon (about 3.9 billion to 2.5 billion years ago), when microbial life on Earth is thought to have arisen and diversified. (livescience.com)
  • Why didn't oxygen rise in the atmosphere as soon as that metabolism evolved? (livescience.com)
  • There are geological processes that consume oxygen, so even when biology is pumping it into the environment it doesn't necessarily rise strongly in the atmosphere right away," Anbar said. (livescience.com)
  • Burning fossil fuels also depletes oxygen and lowers the ratio of oxygen to nitrogen in the atmosphere. (nasa.gov)
  • The sulfur trioxide SO3 is a tetra-atomic chemical molecule where three oxygen molecules and a sulfur bond have the same number of valence electrons. (wellcometreeoflife.org)
  • There are three double bonds around a sulfur atom with oxygen atoms in a SO (Sulfur Monoxide) molecule. (wellcometreeoflife.org)
  • The molecular geometry of Sulfur Trioxide SO3 is trigonal planar as the three S O bond is a nearly double bond tilted at a 120-degree bond angle with an electronegativity difference between a central sulfur and oxygen atoms. (wellcometreeoflife.org)
  • This difference allows for a greater electron cloud produced by the presence of both sulfur atom and oxygen atom. (wellcometreeoflife.org)
  • Its surface resembles that of moon's but unlike our satellite it does possess atmosphere albeit one composed mainly out hydrogen & helium gases rather than oxygen & nitrogen like ours here on earth. (odysseymagazine.com)
  • terrestrial planets have atmospheres composed mainly of nitrogen but may also include oxygen in some cases (like on Earth). (odysseymagazine.com)
  • Josephsen explains that there are a number of more scientific reasons behind silver turning black, or "tarnishing": "Oxygen and sulphur compounds in the atmosphere all contribute to the tarnishing process of the silver. (harpersbazaar.com.au)
  • Some of these mats are dominated by oxygen-producing cyanobacteria (blue-green algae), while others are composed solely of anoxygenic photosynthesizers that produce sulfur compounds rather than oxygen. (livescience.com)
  • If 3.5-billion-year-old stromatolites were formed by cyanobacteria, that has to be reconciled with other evidence that the atmosphere was devoid of oxygen until about 2.4 billion years ago. (livescience.com)
  • The atmosphere is a mixture of gases that includes about 78% nitrogen and 21% oxygen at Earth's surface. (encyclopedia.com)
  • Brief ly, mercury may be present in nature in three conditions: forming organic compounds (methylmercury, for example), in the form of inorganic salts (linked to chlorine, sulfur, oxygen) and as a metal compound. (bvsalud.org)
  • The project obtained concentrations of dimethyl sulfide (DMS), a biogenic precursor gas of sulfate aerosol in the marine atmosphere. (ucar.edu)
  • Higher concentrations of sulphur in the atmosphere can reduce the amount of solar energy reaching the Earth's surface, causing a cooling effect. (blueandgreentomorrow.com)
  • Ecology must conduct a continuous surveillance program to monitor the quality of the ambient atmosphere as to concentrations and movements of air contaminants. (wa.gov)
  • The "natural atmosphere" prior to the industrial revolution no longer exists: human activity is responsible for the concentrations of abnormally high atmospheric pollutants, fine particles (PM10) and ultrafine particles (PM2.5), nitrogen oxide (NOx), sulphur oxide (SOx) and volatile organic compounds. (veolia.com)
  • High concentrations of residual H2O2 were measured in some samples, especially during summertime, implying a substantial capacity for additional sulfur oxidation. (cdc.gov)
  • Given that deposits of the stuff have been found wherever robots look on Mars , could the chlorine compound-poisonous to the development of humans-be serving as Martian life's lunch? (scientificamerican.com)
  • Compound that contains carbon and one or more of the elements known as halons (chlorine, fluorine, or bromine). (encyclopedia.com)
  • 1976. Evaluation of organic pollutants in the open air and atmospheres in industrial sites using graphitizied carbon black traps and gas chromatographic - mass. (cdc.gov)
  • So, I think that by adding Martian atmosphere into those waters, you could provide needed organic molecules at a large rate, and possible facilitate the activities of Methanogens. (newmars.com)
  • Her everyday life as a postdoctoral scholar and research fellow at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, is spent studying dissolved organic matter in the ocean - which stores just as much carbon as the earth's atmosphere. (sc.edu)
  • By leveraging their high surface area-to-volume ratio, these nanoparticles efficiently adsorb pollutants such as heavy metals, organic compounds, and even microplastics. (freescience.info)
  • Ozonolysis of Citral can produce low volatile organic compounds, which can form SOA. (aaqr.org)
  • A major research area in atmospheric chemistry focuses on the formation of secondary organic aerosol (SOA), which contains a large variety of low-volatility organic compounds when generated by the ozonolysis of monoterpenes. (aaqr.org)
  • The low-volatility organic compounds potentially arising from the ozonolysis of citral, including aldehydes (-C(=O)H), ketones (-C(=O)-), alcohols (-OH), and hydroperoxides (-OOH), can form SOA through the nucleation, condensation, and/or partitioning of the condensed and gaseous phases. (aaqr.org)
  • a) There shall be no volatile organic compounds (VOC) or exempt solvent (non-VOC) control equipment used to meet the limits of this exemption. (texas.gov)
  • some simpler organic compounds. (shu.edu)
  • Plain Language Summary Methanol is one of the most abundant oxygenated volatile organic compounds in the atmosphere and microbial methanol metabolism is an important part of the marine carbon cycle. (researchgate.net)
  • Methane, a trace gas, is naturally found in the atmosphere as the product of decaying organic matter . (encyclopedia.com)
  • In the form of organic compounds, the main intoxication pathway occurs by ingestion, such as when we eat fish contaminated with mercury (Minamata disease), and this is the main (and more severe) way of human contamination. (bvsalud.org)
  • However, the researchers have seen traces of several organic (carbon-based) or even biochemically significant compounds in space. (lu.se)
  • Finding traces of organic compounds indicates the possibility that carbon atoms could combine to form complex molecules even out in space. (lu.se)
  • Oxidation of sulfur compounds. (cdc.gov)
  • In order to assess the ability of regional clouds to support aqueous sulfur oxidation, four field campaigns were conducted in 2007 and 2008 at Mt. Tai in eastern China. (cdc.gov)
  • Changes to our atmosphere associated with reactive gases (gases that undergo chemical reactions) like ozone and ozone-forming chemicals like nitrous oxides, are relatively short-lived. (nasa.gov)
  • 1987. Standard recommended practices for sampling atmospheres for analysis of gases or vapors - method D 1605-60. (cdc.gov)
  • The nitrogen cascades through ecosystems, accumulating in rivers, causing a buildup of ozone in the lower atmosphere, leading to acid rain and coastal dead zones, contributing to buildup of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and depleting protective ozone in stratosphere. (voanews.com)
  • A big eruption in the tropics cools much of the planet by throwing volcanic gases high into the atmosphere, where they change into microscopic particles known as aerosols and spread around the globe, reflecting incoming sunlight. (nasa.gov)
  • Strong eruptions shoot a complex stew of gases into the atmosphere: sulfur compounds, water vapor, halogens, carbon compounds and others. (nasa.gov)
  • Atmospheric chemists have learned a great deal about the chemical reactions these gases and aerosols trigger in the atmosphere - and the climate consequences. (nasa.gov)
  • It has the most extensive atmosphere of all the planets in our solar system, with clouds of ammonia, water vapor, and other gases. (livingcosmos.com)
  • Greenhouse gases cause global warming by absorbing reflected heat from Earth's surface thereby warming the atmosphere. (encyclopedia.com)
  • Other fluorinated gases-such as sulfur hexafluoride that has escaped from applications in electric power equipment and perfluorocarbons that have escaped from aluminum processing and the manufacture of semiconductors-are also found in trace amounts in the atmosphere. (encyclopedia.com)
  • If there were no greenhouse gases in the atmosphere the average temperature of the earth would be far lower and much of the earth would be frozen. (niwa.co.nz)
  • With a mean temperature of 120 degrees Kelvin (-153 degrees Celsius) and a composition dominated by hydrogen (about 90%), and helium (about 10%) with a smattering of hydrogen compounds like methane and ammonia, the blue, orange, and brown cloud bands and the salmon colored "red" spot are hard to explain. (nasa.gov)
  • With that mix, then subsequent explosions may generate greenhouse gasses such as methane in large quantities, and so then to disperse those into the atmosphere, and to use as propulsion machinery fuel. (newmars.com)
  • Anaerobic microbes in the Earth's oceans consume 90 percent of the methane produced by methane hydrates - methane trapped in ice - preventing large amounts of methane from reaching the atmosphere. (phys.org)
  • Researchers now have evidence that the two microbes that accomplish this feat do not simply reverse the way methane-producing microbes work, but use a sulfur compound instead. (phys.org)
  • The Archaea take in the methane and produce a methyl sulfide, and then the sulfur-reducing bacteria eat the methyl sulfide and reduced it to sulfide. (phys.org)
  • The microbes that consume methane are on the inside while those microbes-reducing sulfur are on the outside. (phys.org)
  • The researchers also substituted carbon monoxide for methane and found that the Archaea could oxidize that as well and produce these sulfur compounds. (phys.org)
  • Consequently, the huge quantities of methane emitted into the atmosphere and the oceans accelerated global warming and marked the negative δ 13 C spike observed in marine carbonates, documenting the onset of the mass extinction period. (wattsupwiththat.com)
  • Methane is supersaturated in surface seawater and shallow coastal waters dominate global ocean methane emissions to the atmosphere. (researchgate.net)
  • Non‐methane hydrocarbons (NMHCs) play an important role in atmospheric chemistry and the ocean is a source of NMHCs in the atmosphere. (researchgate.net)
  • The concentration of methane in the atmosphere has risen to 148% above its pre-industrial age level. (encyclopedia.com)
  • It makes up 80 percent of the earth's atmosphere, where it is stable, but creates problems in compounds such as nitrous oxide. (voanews.com)
  • The lab-born lightning supercharged the creation of highly reactive free-radical compounds such as nitrous oxide, ozone, cyanide, and an "excited" state of sulfur that binds readily with other compounds. (wustl.edu)
  • Nitrous oxide is another gas that is naturally found in trace amounts in the atmosphere. (encyclopedia.com)
  • The concentration of nitrous oxide is largely derived from agricultural sources, with vehicle emissions also contributing nitrous oxide to the atmosphere. (encyclopedia.com)
  • The concentration of nitrous oxide in the atmosphere has risen approximately 18% in the last 200 years. (encyclopedia.com)
  • Zinc compounds that may be found at hazardous waste sites are zinc chloride, zinc oxide, zinc sulfate, and zinc sulfide. (cdc.gov)
  • Zinc compounds, such as zinc acetate, zinc chloride, and zinc sulfate, are used in preserving wood and in manufacturing and dyeing fabrics. (cdc.gov)
  • The upper atmosphere is divided into cloud belts and zones, which are made primarily of ammonia crystals, sulfur, and mixtures of the two compounds. (livingcosmos.com)
  • The planet's atmosphere is also known for its swirling cloud stripes, which are cold, windy clouds of ammonia and water. (livingcosmos.com)
  • This chemical compound plays a vital role in producing sulfuric acid for industrial purposes. (wellcometreeoflife.org)
  • Excited sulfur species, for example, react with water to form sulfuric acid, a common component of Venusian clouds. (wustl.edu)
  • This includes the deeper study of elements and compounds involving the reactive behavior of atoms, ions, and molecules in particular. (shu.edu)
  • When released into the atmosphere, many halocarbons deplete the ozone layer and have high global warming potential. (encyclopedia.com)
  • All it takes is an atmosphere containing gas, aerosols, liquid droplets, and/or dust particles. (wustl.edu)
  • Concentration of sulphur species (element or compounds) in any phase of the atmosphere. (nerc.ac.uk)
  • Earth's atmosphere is resilient to many of the changes humans have imposed on it. (nasa.gov)
  • The resilience of Earth's atmosphere has been proven throughout our planet's climate history," said Crisp, science team lead for NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) satellite and its successor instrument, OCO-3, which launched to the International Space Station on May 4. (nasa.gov)
  • Earth's atmosphere is associated with many types of cycles, such as the carbon cycle and the water cycle. (nasa.gov)
  • The composition of Earth's atmosphere has most certainly been altered. (nasa.gov)
  • How and when the Earth's atmosphere became oxygenated are unresolved questions. (livescience.com)
  • Earth's atmosphere is actually comprised of four layers. (encyclopedia.com)
  • For my thesis there, I studied phytoplankton to understand why they produce a climatically active sulfur compound called DMSP. (sc.edu)
  • The crater processes also entail the formation of underground hot springs in which sulphur bacteria can thrive and new life forms can develop. (lu.se)
  • Bekker, who was not involved in either of the current studies, notes that photochemical processes, in which chemical reactions are driven by different wavelengths of light, can lead to changes in the relative amounts of different forms of sulfur, for instance. (livescience.com)
  • 1979. Preliminary measurements of biogenic sulfur-containing gas emissions from soils. (cdc.gov)
  • Some suggest that more colorful hydrogen compounds well up from warmer regions in the atmosphere, tinting the cloud tops. (nasa.gov)
  • By studying the pool of compounds, McParland and other researchers ultimately hope to determine whether the carbon taken in by phytoplankton remains at the surface of the water or is exported to the deep ocean. (sc.edu)
  • Writing in the Journal of Geophysical Research , a team of researchers explain how they've observed Io's atmosphere collapsing for two hours every single day on Io, which lasts for 1.7 Earth days. (iflscience.com)
  • First, the ultra-clean diesel can be blended with conventional diesel to meet lower sulfur regulations and be used as a cost effective alternative to more costly refining processes. (wealthdaily.com)
  • The study found that the dropping pH value of the oceans could result in lower natural emissions of sulphur compound dimethylsulphide. (blueandgreentomorrow.com)
  • This diagram of the fast carbon cycle shows the movement of carbon between land, atmosphere, and oceans. (lu.se)
  • When it enters the atmosphere, it is oxidized to form cloud seeds which promote the formation of clouds and thus block sunlight radiation. (sc.edu)
  • In summary, Jupiter is a unique planet with a large size and mass, a complex atmosphere with swirling cloud stripes and storms, and a strong magnetic field that creates intense radiation belts. (livingcosmos.com)
  • Alternatively, compounds of trace elements like sulfur may color the clouds. (nasa.gov)
  • On occasion, though, these columns of lava often breach the outer shell of the moon's atmosphere and dissipate out into space as beautiful, sulfur-filled, blue, umbrella-shaped formations. (iflscience.com)
  • This Parisian atmosphere, with its characteristic terrain and geological strata of limestone, Atlantic climate, westerly winds, oaks and chestnut trees … is a thing of the past. (veolia.com)
  • It's very cool to apply this new technology to the ocean and measure the cycling of thousands of different compounds," says McParland, a 2013 marine science graduate from the College of Arts and Sciences and a 2011 Hollings Scholar who minored in chemistry at UofSC. (sc.edu)
  • It survives the potential onslaught by relying on sulfur compounds naturally present in its environment to react away the chlorite, a symbiotic relationship between life and non-life chemistry. (scientificamerican.com)
  • Since the beginning of industrial development and its associated increase in the burning of fossil fuels, humans have been altering the composition and chemistry of the atmosphere. (encyclopedia.com)
  • Many scientists interested in the forces that help shape the Venusian atmosphere have previously focused on photochemistry, chemical reactions driven by sunlight. (wustl.edu)
  • Around the world, five major types of materials are released directly into the atmosphere in their unmodified forms and in sufficient quantities to pose a health risk. (eco-web.com)
  • Halocarbons, particularly chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), are found in a variety of products and substances, including aerosol propellants, solvents, and refrigerants, and are released into the atmosphere from these sources. (encyclopedia.com)
  • In the actual atmosphere of Venus, these compounds would go onto start other reactions in a chemical cascade, Wang said. (wustl.edu)
  • The chemical reactions set off by lightning would roil the atmosphere like waves in an ocean, Wang said. (wustl.edu)
  • After that as a body of water was being built, Martian atmosphere could intentionally be dissolved into the water. (newmars.com)
  • And you might want to eject steam into the high atmosphere, as the water would be preheated, and then you could use a secondary heat source to heat it to a very high temperature, and then simply vent it to atmosphere through turbines. (newmars.com)
  • Developmental activities e.g., industrial, agricultural, transportation, constructional work, etc. cause degradation and drastic changes in every component of environment namely, hydrosphere (water), lithosphere (soil) and atmosphere (air) and even biosphere through pollution. (eco-web.com)
  • In the process, they release a variety of compounds into the water. (sc.edu)
  • We did a preliminary set of experiments that kept track of both sulfur and water," as she explained it. (nasa.gov)
  • For a Samalas-sized mega-eruption, tracking both sets of compounds reduced the subsequent global cooling by about a factor of three over simulations that did not track water. (nasa.gov)
  • Although water vapour accounts for a large amount of the greenhouse gas in the atmosphere, adding more water vapour doesn't increase the amount of water vapour in the atmosphere. (niwa.co.nz)
  • This is determined by the temperature of the atmosphere, the warmer it gets the more water it will absorb from the ocean. (niwa.co.nz)
  • The rise of that modern atmosphere-creating process may have driven A. fulgidus 's ancestors to the dark, deep, hot places of the globe. (scientificamerican.com)
  • This mix creates an extremely corrosive atmosphere that needs a material with excellent corrosion resistance. (outokumpu.com)
  • Upon presentation of appropriate credentials, for the purpose of investigating conditions specific to the control, recovery, or release of air contaminants into the atmosphere, personnel from ecology or an authority must have the power to enter at reasonable times upon any private or public property, excepting nonmultiple unit private dwellings housing one or two families. (wa.gov)
  • Thanks to a combination of relatively explosive volcanism, a weak gravitational field, and an incredibly thin atmosphere, eruptions can produce iridescent fire fountains that reach heights of nearly 500 kilometers (310 miles) - around 57 times the height of Mount Everest . (iflscience.com)
  • This section will discuss the planet's size and mass, atmosphere, and magnetic field. (livingcosmos.com)
  • The planet's atmosphere is also home to a number of storms, including the Great Red Spot, a giant storm that has raged for at least 350 years. (livingcosmos.com)