The atmosphere around the Earth isn’t one big layer. It’s composed of a few layers, with each having its own characteristics. The first layer and the one that affects us the most is the Troposphere.

I thought I would take a break from the heat topics this week and answer a question centered more on basic atmospheric knowledge.

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