Air Atmosphere
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The atmosphere is the gaseous envelope that surrounds our planet and makes life as we know it possible. This is already expressed in the name atmos (derived from Greek ), meaning haze, and sphaira meaning sphere. What does the gaseous envelope of our earth consist of?
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Last Update: 2004-Feb-29 |