There are many planets in the universe, but very few of them have qualities to support life Taking one celestial body at a time and determining whether it supports life would be slow and inefficient. So, astronomers look for certain...

If we had twice the amount of oxygen, we have now, several significant changes would occur. Animals would grow larger as the increased oxygen supply would support their growth. Neutrophils, specialized white blood cells, would exhibit an...

This episode of Weathered explores the controversial world of solar geoengineering by injecting sulfate aerosols into the stratosphere, looking at both the controversial promises and profound risks associated with manipulating the...

For decades we’ve been planting trees in hopes of reducing carbon pollution. But when it comes to carbon sequestration, have we actually been getting it all backward? We travel to the Pacific Northwest forests of Oregon to see what we...

Refers to molecules that contain only two atoms.
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Any gas in the atmosphere that absorbs and re-emits radiation in the infra-red range, so warming the atmosphere and planet's surface.
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Microscopic air sacs in the lungs where gas exchange takes place between blood and the atmosphere.
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The layer of the atmosphere above the stratosphere but below the thermosphere, from 50 to 85km altitude.
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A layer in the Earth's atmosphere at 13 to 20km altitude with an unusually high concentration of ozone gas.
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The branch of science that studies the physical universe beyond Earth's atmosphere.
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A layer of gas surrounding a planet or star, held in place by gravity.
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A mixture of two or more substances which appears to be a single, uniform medium, with no visible separation between its components.
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Highly charged particles, originating from outer space.
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The outer atmosphere of the sun. A thin, extremely hot plasma - over a million degrees celsius, compared to around 6000 degrees for the visible surface.
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A rocky fragment from space that survives its fiery passage through the atmosphere and falls to Earth.
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From 'smoky fog', smog is a form of pollution often associated with cities.
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Where does Mercury fit into the Solar System and what makes this planet unique?



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One of the most abundant elements, oxygen is vital to all life on Earth.



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Where does Jupiter fit into the Solar System and what makes this planet unique?



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Where does Uranus fit into the Solar System and what makes this planet unique?



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Uranus is the 7th
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Discover the Earth's atmosphere: what it is and what it is made of?
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The process that plants use to convert energy from the Sun into chemical energy.
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Capable of transmitting light, or more generally something that allows radiation to pass through relatively unhindered.
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A violent explosion on the surface of the Sun which affects all the layers of its atmosphere, heating plasma to tens of millions of degrees and releasing huge amounts of energy.
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