Composition of Earth's Atmosphere

Further Exploration

National Air Quality Forecast System

NOAA - provides the US with ozone, particulate matter, and other pollutant forecasts.

Watching Our Ozone Weather

EO Library - Information on tropospheric ozone, including pollution control mechanisms.

The Ozone Depletion Phenomenon

National Academy of Sciences - Traces the history of the discovery of ozone, the ozone layer, and the ongoing studies of the ozone hole over Antarctica.

Biography

Sydney Chapman

Classics

Enquiry into gases constituting the atmosphere

John Dalton's 1802 paper

Torricelli's Barometric Experiment

Mus. Sci. History, Florence - A description and illustration of the invention of the barometer.

News & Events

Ozone Hole at Record Size

NOAA

Climate effects of volcanic eruptions

Part of the site How Volcanoes Work from Dr. Vic Camp at the Department of Geological Sciences, San Diego University.

Detecting Life on Other Planets

Current Science News

News from around the world of science.

Research

A theory of upper-atmosphere ozone

Sidney Chapman's 1930 paper was the first to describe the ozone layer.

Google Scholar

Google - Research database allows searching of the scholarly literature.

Experiment!

Atmosphere Simulator

NASA - See how temperature and pressure vary with altitude

Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)

Next Generation Science Standards: For States, By States

National Academies Press: A Framework for K-12 Science Education