Global atmosphere

Biological nitrogen fixation is a vital process in the global nitrogen cycle, transforming dinitrogen in the atmosphere into ammonia. Being a very energy-demanding and oxygen-sensitive process, both expression and activity of the nitrogenase enzyme are tightly regu-lated. Rhodospirillum rubrumis a free-living, photosynthetic, purple non-sulfur nitrogen-fixing bacterium, which has been extensively used as a model organism for metabolic and regulatory studies regarding nitrogen fixation.

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In this paper we prove the global existence and uniqueness (regularity) of strong solutions to the three-dimensional viscous primitive equations, which model large scale ocean and atmosphere dynamics. 1. Introduction Large scale dynamics of oceans and atmosphere is governed by the primitive equations which are derived from the Navier-Stokes equations, with rotation, coupled to thermodynamics and salinity diffusion-transport equations, which account for the buoyancy forces and stratification effects under the Boussinesq approximation. ...

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Air travel is continuing to experience the fastest growth among all modes of transport. Increasing total fuel consumption and the potential impacts of aircraft engine emissions on the global atmosphere have motivated the industry, scientific community, and international governments to seek various emissions reduction options. Despite the efforts to understand and mitigate the impacts of aviation emissions, it still remains uncertain whether proposed emissions reduction options are technologically and financially feasible....

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Chapter 7 Biosphere–Atmosphere Exchange of Old-Growth Forests: Processes and Pattern Alexander Knohl, Ernst-Detlef Schulze, and Christian Wirth Forests are important agents of the global climate system in that they absorb and reflect solar radiation, photosynthesise and respire carbon dioxide and transpire water

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Definition “The earth is a natural greenhouse and is kept warm by water vapors, carbon dioxide (CO2), and other gases in the atmosphere, which absorb the sun’s energy and radiate it back toward the earth. This type of warming is called ‘natural greenhouse effect’. ‘Enhanced greenhouse effect’, on the other hand, causes global warming due to excessive levels of CO2 in the atmosphere.” Facts Average temperatures have climbed 1.4 degrees Fahrenheit (0.8 degree Celsius) around the world since 1880, much of this in recent decades, according to NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies.

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