Nantes, France

City and Urban Environments - Atmosphere, Water and Environment

Master's
Language: EnglishStudies in English
Subject area: physical science, environment
Qualification: M2
University website: www.ec-nantes.fr/
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.
Environment
Environment may refer to:
Urban
Urban means "related to cities." It may refer to:
Water
Water is a transparent, tasteless, odorless, and nearly colorless chemical substance that is the main constituent of Earth's streams, lakes, and oceans, and the fluids of most living organisms. Its chemical formula is H2O, meaning that each of its molecules contains one oxygen and two hydrogen atoms that are connected by covalent bonds. Strictly speaking, water refers to the liquid state of a substance that prevails at standard ambient temperature and pressure; but it often refers also to its solid state (ice) or its gaseous state (steam or water vapor). It also occurs in nature as snow, glaciers, ice packs and icebergs, clouds, fog, dew, aquifers, and atmospheric humidity.
Water
And so never ending,
But always descending.
Robert Southey, The Cataract of Lodore
Water
More water glideth by the mill
Than wots the miller of.
William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus (c. 1584-1590), Act II, scene 1, line 85
Water
I'm very fond of water:
It ever must delight
Each mother's son and daughter,—
When qualified aright.
Charles Neaves, I'm very fond of Water
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