[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How different temperature gradients separate the atmosphere into distinct layers.

Site provides information on the Earth's atmosphere as well as offers additional information about Earth.

Find out how the atmosphere, climate, and the greenhouse effect are related. While the atmoshere can protect us, it can also be harmful to our health.

Identify the layers of the atmosphere through this interactive quiz.

Photos, diagrams, and other images related to climate and climate change.

Learners explore images of atmospheric ozone levels over the South Pole. The resource has students determine the months of lowest ozone levels and changes in ozone levels since 1979. The activity has an interactive online version and a...

Images and diagrams of the Sun, solar phenomena such as sunspots and flares, space weather, Earth's magnetosphere and upper atmosphere, the aurora, and more.

A diagram which shows how the process of atmospheric and ocean circulation works. It features such important terms as precipitation, evaporation, sublimation, snow, accumulation, wind redistribution, melt, runoff, heat, ice flow and...

A very detailed description of air masses, how they move and interact, and what weather takes place when this happens.

In October 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the world's first artificial satellite. The 184-pound, 22.5-inch sphere orbited the earth once every 96 minutes. Sputnik transmitted radio signals for 21 days and later burned up in...

Explore pressure in the atmosphere and underwater. Reshape a pipe to see how it changes fluid flow speed. Experiment with a leaky water tower to see how the height and water level determine the water trajectory. Java required.

The sun's energy is the primary source of energy for all surface phenomena and life on Earth. Combined with the material of the Earth (including the molecules held close by the Earth's gravitational force called the atmosphere), this...

The sun's energy is the primary source of energy for all surface phenomena and life on Earth. Combined with the material of the Earth (including the molecules held close by the Earth's gravitational force called the atmosphere), this...

Why is ozone important? Learn about the ozone layer in our atmosphere, how it is being depleted by human and natural events, the effects of a thinning ozone layer on humans and other living things, what is meant by the ozone hole, and...

Anders Celsius is most familiar as the inventor of the temperature scale that bears his name. The Swedish astronomer, however, also is notable as the first person to make a connection between the radiant atmospheric phenomenon known as...

The plate tectonics and other features of the Earth's lithosphere are explained and illustrated. Has links to definitions of the magnetosphere, atmosphere, and hydrosphere.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Carbon is one of the most common elements found in living organisms. Chains of carbon molecules form the backbones of many molecules, such as carbohydrates,...

Take this online quiz and test your knowledge of geological history, and the formation of our atmosphere, water, crust, oxygen, tectonic plates, Moon, and the rest of the Earth.

This is the text and audio of the poem "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe, a narrative poem first published in January 1845, and is often noted for its musicality, stylized language, and supernatural atmosphere.

From the Department of Atmospheric Physics at Oxford University, this page gives a scientific look at the techniques involved in the activity of rowing. Discusses the concepts of propulsion, resistance, kinetic energy, and much more...

Students will analyze data from an air pollution study as well as facts about air pollution and use the data as evidence to infer the effect of using natural resources on the atmosphere and on public health.

In this lesson, students learn about the components of air and the chemical reactions that release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and explore the connection between carbon dioxide, climate change, and environmental health.

This website provides information about weather.

The concept of jet streams is explained on this site. Read about why jet stream winds blow from west to east, what the polar jet and subtropical jet are, the role that the rotation of the Earth plays, etc.