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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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Sulfuric acid
Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry
In the atmosphere sulphur oxides (see sulphur dioxide) are converted to sulfuric acid. Oxides of sulphur and nitrogen combine with atmospheric moisture to produce acid rain. Although some sulphur ...
Nuclear winter
Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry
In the event of a significant nuclear war, researchers (Paul Crutzen and John Birks initially) predicted that a barrier of smoke (from incinerated urban centres and forests) would fill tropospheric ...
Stratus cloud
Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry
In general, clouds are classified and named according to their appearance and altitude at which they occur, being either high, medium, or low. Stratus clouds are low clouds, and as the root word ...
Cycle
Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry
In the atmosphere or biosphere a sequence of events in repetitive motion in which the final output feeds back into the initial input. Examples of this include biogeochemical cycles, including the ...
Recombination
Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry
In chemical terms, a recombination is one of the ways in which free radicals are lost (the other being disproportionation). In this case, two free radicals join to create one product. This could be ...
Reservoir species
Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry
In reference to ozone destruction, compounds formed in the stratosphere that sequester reactive chlorine and thereby remove it from a role in the catalytic destruction of ozone. Classic examples are ...
Mesosphere
Chemistry; Atmospheric chemistry
In the atmosphere, the region immediately above the stratosphere and immediately below the thermosphere. The mesosphere begins about 50 kilometres high at the stratopause and ends about 80 ...