A object that returns to its original position after force is applied. [Vibrational Spectroscopy; v43; 53-63; 2007.][Journal Geophyical. Research; 91(D13); 14533-14537; 1986.]

This is the area of the Earth comprised of the solid plates of the continental crust, loose rocks and soil. [Water, Air, and Soil Pollution; v.70; 431; 1993.] [South African Journal of Science; v.86; [..]

A warm, dry wind on the lee side of a mountain range that owes its relatively high temperatures largely to adiabatic heating during descent down mountain slopes, a descent that compresses and thereby [..]

A pollutant may be considered as any substance, usually an unwanted by-product or waste, that is released into the environment as a result of (human) activities that alter the chemical, physical and b [..]

The outermost shell of the atmosphere, between the mesosphere and outer space; where temperatures increase steadily with altitude. This begins at about 100 km altitude at a temperature of about -75 de [..]

The total amount of ozone that is found in a column of air above the earth from the surface to the top of the atmosphere. The majority of this amount is typically found in the stratosphere. [Journal o [..]

These are gases in the atmosphere that do not occur in large quantities but are significant to life on Earth or are important constituents of the chemical cycles in the atmosphere. [Journal of America [..]

C13H16F3N3O4, usually found in the form of a yellow-orange crystal or solid. It is primarily used to manage broadleaf weeds on fruits, vegetables, flowers and shrubs. It enters the human body be eithe [..]

Water present in the atmosphere in gaseous form; the source of all forms of condensation and precipitation. Water vapor, clouds, and carbon dioxide are the main atmospheric components in the exchange [..]

a volume of air, the component makeup and concentrations of which remain relatively static, that tends to travel around the earth changing geographic location and position above earth as an intact uni [..]