Kōrero: Atmosphere

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• Air quality

  The Ministry for the Environment’s web page on air-quality standards.

• Aurora australis, Stirling Point, New Zealand

  This site features spectacular photographs of auroras in Southland.

• Climate stuff

  The website of New Zealand’s National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) features information on the country’s climate, including greenhouse gases, ozone and global warming.

• EPA global warming kids page

  The US Environmental Protection Agency site presents this section, explaining in simple terms why the earth is warming.

• IPCC 2007: Summary for policymakers

  This 2007 report by the International Panel on Climate Change summarises the evidence that the climate is warming, and discusses the global policy implications.

• Space weather

  A useful site describing various aspects of space weather, including solar wind and solar flares.

• Sunsmart

  The New Zealand Sunsmart site explains the danger posed by the sun in New Zealand. This page gives the times of day when you need maximum protection.

• The Space Weather Prediction Center

  The Space Weather Prediction Center traces the probability of viewing the Aurora.

• The greenhouse effect – a New Zealand perspective on climate change

  These publications from the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, explains New Zealand’s greenhouse gas emissions and global climate change.

Ētahi whakaaro puaki, takenga

• Austin, Jill, and others, eds. Air pollution science for the 21st century. Boston: Elsevier, 2002.
• Bengtsson, L. O., and C. U. Hammer, eds. Geosphere–biosphere interactions and climate. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2001.
• Eather, Robert H. Majestic lights: the aurora in science, history, and the arts. Washington: American Geophysical Union, 1980.
• Scientific assessment of ozone depletion: 2002. Global Ozone Research and Monitoring Project, Report 47. Geneva: World Meteorological Organisation, 2003.
• UV radiation and its effects – an update. Miscellaneous Series 60. Wellington: Royal Society of New Zealand, 2002.