“However, the balloon, lightened of heavy articles, such as ammunition, arms, and provisions, had risen into the higher layers of the atmosphere, to a height of 4,500 feet. The voyagers, after having discovered that the sea extended beneath them, and thinking the dangers above less dreadful than those below, did not hesitate to throw overboard even their most useful articles, while they endeavored to lose no more of that fluid, the life of their enterprise, which sustained them above the abyss.” ThinkingLosesSeaFeetDangerArmsHigherHeavyAtmosphereHeightEnterpriseArticlesLayersAbyssProvisionFluidRisenBalloonsAmmunitionOverboard Book:The Collected Works Of Jules Verne Source: The Collected Works Of Jules Verne
“I thought I might teach philosophy but the atmosphere of a college faculty repelled me; the few islands of greatness seemed to be washed by seas of pettiness and mediocrity.” PhilosophyMightTeachSeaGreatnessCollegeAtmosphereIslandsFacultyMediocrityPettiness Author:I. F. Stone
“One disagreeable result of whispering is that it seems to evoke an atmosphere of silence, haunted by the ghosts of sound - strange cracks and tickings, the rustling of garments that have no substance in them, and the tread of dreadful feet that would leave no mark on the sea-sand or the winter snow.” SeemsSoundResultsSilenceSeaFeetStrangeMarkWinterGhostSnowSubstanceAtmosphereSandCracksGarmentsEvokeWhisperingDisagreeableSpookyWinter Snow Book:Bleak House Source: Bleak House
“A mighty wind of resolution sets in strong upon him and freshens the whole atmosphere of his soul, sweeping down before it the light flakes of difficulty, till they vanish like snow upon the sea. He is imprisoned no more in a small compartment of time, but belongs to an eternity which is now and here. The isolation of his separate spirit passes away; and with the countless multitude of souls akin to God, he is but a wave of his unbounded deep. He is at one with Heaven, and hath found the secret place of the Almighty.” SoulWholeLightSpiritFoundStrongHeavenSecretSeaWindEternityDifficultyWaveSnowAtmosphereIsolationResolutionAlmightyMultitudesPassing AwaySweepingFlakesSecret PlacesMighty Wind Book:Endeavours after the Christian life: discourses Source: Endeavours after the Christian life: discourses
“I suppose we shall soon travel by air-vessels; make air instead of sea voyages; and at length find our way to the moon, in spite of the want of atmosphere.” WayWantAirSeaMoonAtmosphereSpiteAviationLengthPredictionsVesselVoyagesSea Voyage Author:Lord Byron
“We living things are a late outgrowth of the metabolism of our galaxy. The carbon that enters into our composition was cooked in a remote past in a dying star. The waters of ancient seas set the pattern of ions in our blood. The ancient atmospheres moulded our metabolism.” PastStarsWaterBloodSeaDyingLateAncientPatternsAtmosphereCompositionCarbonGalaxyLiving ThingsMetabolismIons Author:George Wald
“The burning of fossil fuels has altered the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere so rapidly and so abundantly that now, we are driving not just the warming trend, not just the sea level rise that is a consequence of the warming trend that is melting polar ice and alpine ice, but also [ocean acidification].” LevelsSeaAmountOceanConsequenceDrivingIceBurningAtmosphereFuelTrendsCarbonFossilsMeltingAlteredFossil FuelCarbon DioxideAlpineSea Level RiseOcean Acidification Author:Sylvia Earle