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Tuesday, November 9, 2021
Climate Change is Raising the Top of the Troposphere
The top of the troposphere, the lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere, has climbed about 50 to 60 meters per decade in the past 20 years.
Climate Change is Raising the Top of the Troposphere
The top of the troposphere, the lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere, has climbed about 50 to 60 meters per decade in the past 20 years.
Will Sullivan, Staff Writer
November 9, 2021
(Inside Science) -- The troposphere, the bottom layer of Earth's atmosphere, contains most of the atmosphere's mass and clouds and is where most weather occurs. It stretches between Earth's surface and roughly 4 to 12 miles above sea level, depending on the location.
But a new paper shows that the top of the troposphere, called the tropopause, has risen about 50 to 60 meters per decade over the past 20 years, largely because of human emissions of greenhouse gases and ozone-depleting substances...
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