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How much air do you breathe in a lifetime?

Understand the process and the factors involved in cloud formation

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Lightning over the outskirts of Oradea, Rom., during the thunderstorm of August 17, 2005.

16 Questions About Earth’s Atmsophere and Weather Answered

September 11, 2005, ozone thinning over antarctica reached its maximum extent for the year.

Is the Ozone Layer Finally Healing Itself?

Hot-air balloon against a sky (clouds, hot air ballooning, recreation)

Why Is the Sky Blue?

A quarter moon is visible in this oblique view of Earth's horizon and airglow, recorded with a digital still camera on the final mission of the Space Shuttle Columbia.

How Much Does Earth’s Atmosphere Weigh?

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Groups of depositors in front of the closed American Union Bank, New York City. April 26, 1932. Great Depression run on bank crowd

Causes of the Great Depression

King Cobra snake in Malaysia. (reptile)

9 of the World’s Deadliest Snakes

Entrants falling and tumbling over while chasing the cheese at the 2016 'Cheese Rolling' held at Cooper's Hill, in the Cotswolds, Brockworth England

7 of the World’s Most Dangerous Festivals

Fish. Lionfish. Lion-fish. Turkey fish. Fire-fish. Red lionfish. Pterois volitans. Venomous fin spines. Coral reefs. Underwater. Ocean. Red lionfish swims by seaweed.

10 of the World’s Most Dangerous Fish

Titanic infographic. The 30th anniversary of its discovery is September 1, 2015. SPOTLIGHT VERSION.

Timeline of the Titanic’s Final Hours

Marriage. A couple getting married during a church wedding ceremony. (religion, ceremony, bride, groom)

The Seven Sacraments of the Roman Catholic church

Rural Irish landscape, Sligo, Ireland.

Why Is Ireland Two Countries?

air: Media

atmospheric gas

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How much air do you breathe in a lifetime?

How much air do you breathe in a lifetime?

Every minute, multiple liters of air are cycled through your lungs.

Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

Understand the process and the factors involved in cloud formation

Understand the process and the factors involved in cloud formation

The process of cloud formation relies on several factors, including the rate of vaporization...

Video: © MinuteEarth (A Britannica Publishing Partner)

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