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Whats the most abundant element in the atmosphere?

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The atmosphere is 78% Nitrogen, 29% Oxygen, 0.9% argon, and the remaining gasses (methane, CO2, Ozone...) only appear in trace amounts *this does not mean that there isn't a lot of these "trace" gases, the atmosphere is very very very big, and a few millionths of CO2 can wreck the whole thing. 
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