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How is air quality measured?
ozonesonde Figure 16: Column abundance of O3 as function of latitude and time of year in Dobson units (one Dobson unit defines the content of O3 in a column of one-millimetre length at standard air pressure and temperature). Southern Hemisphere ozone hole Figure 10: Schematic view of ozone chemistry in a pure oxygen environment.
ozone depletion's connection to mass extinction
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Global warming illustration
5 Notorious Greenhouse Gases
Lightning over the outskirts of Oradea, Rom., during the thunderstorm of August 17, 2005.
16 Questions About Earth’s Atmsophere and Weather Answered
A timeline of important 20th- and 21st-century carbon emission/science dates. climate change, infographic. SPOTLIGHT VERSION
Timeline of Climate Change
Sea shell of sea snail in close up showing damage and pitting.
Ocean Acidification: How Carbon Dioxide Is Hurting the Seas
September 11, 2005, ozone thinning over antarctica reached its maximum extent for the year.
Is the Ozone Layer Finally Healing Itself?
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Attack on Pearl Harbor. December 7, 1941. Pearl Harbor infographic. World War II. Hawaii. United States. Japan. SPOTLIGHT VERSION
Attack on Pearl Harbor Timeline
Remarkable new details of Pluto's largest moon Charon are revealed in this image from New Horizons' Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI), taken late on July 13, 2015 from a distance of 289,000 miles
Why Is Pluto No Longer a Planet?
In this aerial photo, structures are damaged and destroyed October 15, 2005 in Balakot, Pakistan. It is estimated that 90% of the city of Balakot was leveled by the earthquake. The death toll in the 7.6 magnitude earthquake that struck northern Pakistan on October 8, 2005 is believed to be 38,000 with at least 1,300 more dead in Indian Kashmir. SEE CONTENT NOTES.
6 of the World’s Deadliest Natural Disasters
King Cobra snake in Malaysia. (reptile)
9 of the World’s Deadliest Snakes
earthquake. Heavily damaged school in the town of Yingxiu after a major earthquake struck China's Sichuan Province on May 12, 2008.
The 6 Deadliest Earthquakes Since 1950
Sailboat against a beautiful landscape
Which Waters Do You Pass Through When You “Sail the Seven Seas”?
Shah Jahan. Taj Mahal. Mughal architecture. Emperor Shah Jahan fifth Mughal Emperor (reigned 1628-1658) India, Himachal Pradesh, Basohli or Jammu and Kashmir, Mankot, circa 1690 Drawings; Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper (see notes)
6 Important Mughal Emperors

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How is air quality measured?
Even something as simple as breathing can get complicated.
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ozone depletion's connection to mass extinction
An experiment showing how pine trees become temporarily sterile when exposed to intense...
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A view of the Earth's ozonosphere, or ozone layer, from space. This region of the...
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ozonesonde
Researchers launching a balloon carrying an ozonesonde, an instrument that measures...
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Figure 16: Column abundance of O3 as function of latitude and time of...
From Atmospheric Ozone 1985, World Meteorological Organization, Report No. 16, (1986), by courtesy of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Figure 10: Schematic view of ozone chemistry in a pure oxygen environment.
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Southern Hemisphere ozone hole
Two bar graphs depicting the maximum ozone hole size and the minimum ozone coverage...
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