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  2. Atmosphere of Earth - Wikipedia

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    The troposphere is the lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere. It extends from Earth's surface to an average height of about 12 km (7.5 mi; 39,000 ft), although this altitude varies from about 9 km (5.6 mi; 30,000 ft) at the geographic poles to 17 km (11 mi; 56,000 ft) at the Equator, [17] with some variation due

  3. Stratosphere - Wikipedia

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    The lower stratosphere is centered around 18 kilometers above Earth's surface. The stratosphere image is dominated by blues and greens, which indicates a cooling over time. [1] Diagram showing the five primary layers of the Earth's atmosphere: exosphere, thermosphere, mesosphere, stratosphere, and troposphere. The layers are not to scale.

  4. Earth - Wikipedia

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    Life spread globally and has been altering Earth's atmosphere ... (10,925 metres or 35,843 feet below ... Sea ice in the Arctic covers an area about as big as ...

  5. Density of air - Wikipedia

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    The density of air or atmospheric density, denoted ρ, [1] is the mass per unit volume of Earth's atmosphere. Air density, like air pressure, decreases with increasing altitude. It also changes with variations in atmospheric pressure, temperature and humidity.

  6. Troposphere - Wikipedia

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    The Earth's planetary atmosphere contains, besides other gases, water vapour and carbon dioxide, which produce carbonic acid in rain water, which therefore has an approximate natural pH of 5.0 to 5.5 (slightly acidic).

  7. Our Atmosphere Is So Big It Tickles the Moon - AOL

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    The wispy outermost layer of Earth's atmosphere extends much deeper into space than scientists realized -- deep enough that the moon orbits through it.Earth's geocorona is a sparse, little ...

  8. Exosphere - Wikipedia

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    The layers are to scale. From the Earth's surface to the top of the stratosphere (50km) is just under 1% of Earth's radius. The exosphere is a thin, atmosphere-like volume surrounding a planet or natural satellite where molecules are gravitationally bound to that body, but where the density is so low that the molecules are essentially collision ...

  9. Is the Air Quality Index enough? What the AQI can - AOL

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    The Air Quality Index (AQI) — which measures the concentration of pollutants in the air — seemed to confirm all was well in the L.A. atmosphere, with low numbers that suggested clean, healthy air.