Innsbruck, Austria

Atmosphere Sciences

Atmosphärenwissenschaften

Language: German Studies in German
Subject area: physical science, environment
University website: www.uibk.ac.at
Doctor of Philosophy, PhD
6 Semester
180 ECTS
Atmosphere
An atmosphere (from Greek ἀτμός (atmos), meaning 'vapour', and σφαῖρα (sphaira), meaning 'sphere') is a layer or a set of layers of gases surrounding a planet or other material body, that is held in place by the gravity of that body. An atmosphere is more likely to be retained if the gravity it is subject to is high and the temperature of the atmosphere is low.
To EU-funded Earth scientists it is evident that many parts of the Earth's crust have been extracted from the underlying mantle. However, the timing of new crust formation and recycling of old crust has proven to be an elusive issue.
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