BSCI 124 Lecture Notes

Undergraduate Program in Plant Biology, University of Maryland

LECTURE 38 - Atmosphere and the Environment

I. THE ATMOSPHERE
               200 km
               100   Thermosphere
                80                  
                70   Mesosphere
                50
                30   Stratosphere
                10   Troposphere
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II. FOSSIL FUELS III. ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES OF BURNING FOSSIL FUELS IV. THE OZONE PROBLEM Other Sites of Interest
 

The effects of acid rain on forests Acid Rain
Acid rain program - EPA
Global change data&nbspGlobal Warming ;
Greenhouse effect
Ozone
The ozone hole, a multimedia tour
The science of ozone depletion - EPA
The Ozone Layer
Graphing stratospheric ozone
Smog
The air that we breathe
Global map
Global mapping datasets
 
 

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Last revised: 6 April 1999 - Browning
Update Dec 13, 2000 - Straney