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Earth's Atmosphere

Pollution is a major factor of what happens in our atmosphere.

Pollution is a major factor of what happens in our atmosphere.

Introduction

The Earth's atmosphere allows us to breathe, and gives us life. Without it, we wouldn't be alive. But our atmosphere is both a fragile component that needs to be looked after. Scientists today are working on things like reducing climate change. But here you can find out about different aspects of our atmosphere.

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Greenhouse Gases

Gas molecules you'll find in greenhouse gases
Gaseous molecules you will find in greenhouse gases.

In our atmosphere, we have lots of different types of gas that form - whether it is the oxygen rich environment we know, down to the trace amounts of other elements that are that form. They are called greenhouse gases and they can be affected by the processes made by humans, mainly types of pollution.

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