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Atmospheric chemistry
A scientific study of the chemistry of the Earth's atmosphere and that of other planets.
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Atmospheric chemistry
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.
Pleistocene
Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry
An epoch in Earth history from about 2-5 million years to 10,000 years ago. Also refers to the rocks and sediment deposited in that epoch.
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.
Fauna
Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry
Animals or animal life of a particular region or a particular time.
Dichloromethane
Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry
CH 2 Cl 2 , a clear, colourless organic solvent that has a sweet but mild odour and does not occur naturally in the environment. Its principle use is as a solvent in paint removers and as an aerosol ...
Dichlorodifluoromethane
Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry
CCl 2 F 2 , This compound, also known as Freon ® 12 or CFC-12, is the primary CFC that has been linked to the catalytic destruction of ozone. Even though the compound is found in very small ...
Doldrums
Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry
Calm, light winds, or squalls lying along the length of the equator. Winds which are part of the general circulation of the atmosphere, which are driven by the input of solar energy and modified by ...
