Protecting earth's atmosphere
This Science Screen Report explains the importance of the gas layers surrounding our planet and the consequences of changing them. Detailing how the atmosphere and the Sun's radiation create the greenhouse effect, the program outlines ways that huma...
Core meteorology: atmosphere
Meteorology, once the simple study of atmospheric events - storms, hurricanes, tornadoes, and temperature changes - has grown in the 21st century to include such disciplines as atmospheric chemistry and physics, climatology and global warming. This...
The living planet : a portrait of the earth: the sky above
The atmosphere is a covering that is constantly on the move with currents of air, often global in scale, manufacturing the world's weather. In order to drift and fly, plants and animals must overcome gravity, a force that we take for granted but wit...