Prodavets vozdukha - Beliaev A.R.

Fascinating, exciting story of the confrontation of the fearless young meteorologist Klimenko and half-mad, brilliant adventurer Bailey, who learned to liquefy the air from the atmosphere and let the received balloons of air gas hydrate for sale.
Bailey's criminal activities lead to radical climate change. The Earth is starting to lose its atmosphere. How do you stop the "air seller" before he's ruined his entire life on the planet?..