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Module 2

  • Nitrogen: permanent gas
  • Created by decaying plant and animal matter
  • Removed by soil bacteria and ocean dwelling plankton
  • Argon: permanent gas
  • Oxygen
  • Water Vapour: variable gas
  • 0% over desert and polar regions
  • 4% near tropics
  • Carbon Dioxide: variable gas
  • Created by decaying vegetation, volcanic eruptions, exhaling breasts of animals, the burning of fossil fuels, deforestation
  • Removed by photosynthesis, ocean
  • Methane: variable gas
  • Created by fossil fuel activities, livestock, digestion, agriculture cultivation, breakdown of plant material
  • Aerosol: any solid or liquid particle other than water
  • Created by spray dust, natural and anthropogenic combustion
  • Salt
    • Created by breaking waves and bursting bubbles of foam
  • Can absorb, scatter abd reflect sunlight

Environmental Lapse Rate (ELR)

The air temperature decreases 6.4C/1000m

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Last update: June 28, 2022
Created: June 28, 2022