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SUMMARY:The Thin Blue Line: Observing Earth’s Atmosphere - Sam Illingwor
 th (Manchester Metropolitan University)
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CONTACT:Dr Amanda Maycock
DESCRIPTION:The atmosphere is a thin sheet of air extending from the surfa
 ce of the Earth into space\, it is about 60 miles thick\, and constitutes 
 less than a millionth of the Earth’s total mass\, yet human beings depen
 d upon it as a nourishing essence to their continued existence. But what e
 xactly is the atmosphere? And more importantly how do we tell what on Eart
 h is going on up there? In this presentation Dr Illingworth\, a lecturer i
 n Science Communication at Manchester Metropolitan University\, talks abou
 t the thin blue line separating the habitable environs of Earth’s surfac
 e from the harshness of outer space\, describing how scientists monitor th
 e atmosphere using a variety of observational techniques and instrumentati
 on. 
LOCATION:Unilever Lecture Theatre\, Department of Chemistry
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