In fact, atmospheric gases are often divided up into the major, constant components and the highly variable components, as shown in Table 1 and Table 2. Table 1: Constant Components. ... When streams of particles from solar flares come in contact with the ionosphere, the ions glow different colors. ... Particles from solar flares disturb radio, TV, and telephone transmission. ... Particles of the solar winds are concentrated into radiation layers at about 3000 and 16000 km above the Earth's surface. ...

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To maintain a constant average temperature, the Earth must radiate heat to space. ... For a very long period of time before the industrial age, the atmospheric concentration was essentially constant. ...

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Lovelock writes that the surface temperature has remained pretty much constant. ... The salinity of the ocean has been maintained at a constant rate of 3.4% for billions of years. ... Solar radiation comes down to the earth in many different ways. ...

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