diff --git a/crates/bevy_pbr/src/atmosphere/mod.rs b/crates/bevy_pbr/src/atmosphere/mod.rs
index 908f471f39d1d..959baf682b1f0 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_pbr/src/atmosphere/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_pbr/src/atmosphere/mod.rs
@@ -38,13 +38,12 @@ mod node;
 pub mod resources;
 
 use bevy_app::{App, Plugin, Update};
-use bevy_asset::{embedded_asset, AssetId, Assets, Handle};
+use bevy_asset::{embedded_asset, AssetId, Handle};
 use bevy_camera::Camera3d;
 use bevy_core_pipeline::core_3d::graph::Node3d;
 use bevy_ecs::{
     component::Component,
     query::{Changed, QueryItem, With},
-    resource::Resource,
     schedule::IntoScheduleConfigs,
     system::{lifetimeless::Read, Query},
 };
@@ -115,12 +114,6 @@ impl Plugin for AtmospherePlugin {
             UniformComponentPlugin::<GpuAtmosphereSettings>::default(),
         ))
         .add_systems(Update, prepare_atmosphere_probe_components);
-
-        let world = app.world_mut();
-        let earthlike_medium = world
-            .resource_mut::<Assets<ScatteringMedium>>()
-            .add(ScatteringMedium::earthlike(256, 256));
-        world.insert_resource(EarthlikeAtmosphere(Atmosphere::earthlike(earthlike_medium)));
     }
 
     fn finish(&self, app: &mut App) {
@@ -211,15 +204,6 @@ impl Plugin for AtmospherePlugin {
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Resource)]
-pub struct EarthlikeAtmosphere(Atmosphere);
-
-impl EarthlikeAtmosphere {
-    pub fn get(&self) -> Atmosphere {
-        self.0.clone()
-    }
-}
-
 /// Enables atmospheric scattering for an HDR camera.
 #[derive(Clone, Component)]
 #[require(AtmosphereSettings, Hdr)]
diff --git a/crates/bevy_pbr/src/medium.rs b/crates/bevy_pbr/src/medium.rs
index 0c08e00633ae5..b55fa1c134982 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_pbr/src/medium.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_pbr/src/medium.rs
@@ -81,6 +81,12 @@ pub struct ScatteringMedium {
     pub terms: SmallVec<[ScatteringTerm; 1]>,
 }
 
+impl Default for ScatteringMedium {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        ScatteringMedium::earthlike(256, 256)
+    }
+}
+
 impl ScatteringMedium {
     // Returns a scattering medium with a default label and the
     // specified scattering terms.
diff --git a/examples/3d/atmosphere.rs b/examples/3d/atmosphere.rs
index bd27bf888d509..e264716cc3714 100644
--- a/examples/3d/atmosphere.rs
+++ b/examples/3d/atmosphere.rs
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ use bevy::{
         VolumetricFog, VolumetricLight,
     },
     pbr::{
-        AtmosphereMode, AtmosphereSettings, DefaultOpaqueRendererMethod, EarthlikeAtmosphere,
-        ExtendedMaterial, MaterialExtension, ScreenSpaceReflections,
+        Atmosphere, AtmosphereMode, AtmosphereSettings, DefaultOpaqueRendererMethod,
+        ExtendedMaterial, MaterialExtension, ScatteringMedium, ScreenSpaceReflections,
     },
     post_process::bloom::Bloom,
     prelude::*,
@@ -98,12 +98,15 @@ fn atmosphere_controls(
     }
 }
 
-fn setup_camera_fog(mut commands: Commands, earth_atmosphere: Res<EarthlikeAtmosphere>) {
+fn setup_camera_fog(
+    mut commands: Commands,
+    mut scattering_mediums: ResMut<Assets<ScatteringMedium>>,
+) {
     commands.spawn((
         Camera3d::default(),
         Transform::from_xyz(-2.4, 0.04, 0.0).looking_at(Vec3::Y * 0.1, Vec3::Y),
-        // get the default `Atmosphere` component
-        earth_atmosphere.get(),
+        // Earthlike atmosphere
+        Atmosphere::earthlike(scattering_mediums.add(ScatteringMedium::default())),
         // Can be adjusted to change the scene scale and rendering quality
         AtmosphereSettings::default(),
         // The directional light illuminance used in this scene