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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (5012)	3/25/2010 11:23:15 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 49129

New Ways to Gauge the Finite Atmosphere By ANDREW C. REVKIN I recently became aware of fascinating efforts by Adam Nieman to help society appreciate environmental challenges in fresh ways by visualizing volumes that are otherwise abstractions. In 2003 he created the image above, illustrating the volume of the world’s oceans and atmosphere (if the air were all at sea-level density) by rendering them as spheres sitting next to the Earth instead of spread out over its surface. dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com