troposphere
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Jet streams travel in the tropopause—the area between the troposphere and the stratosphere—that hovers between five and nine miles above the Earth's surface.
From National Geographic • Jan. 26, 2024
Life and civilization take place mostly on the planet's surface and in the troposphere, the atmosphere's very lowest layer.
From Science Daily • Oct. 16, 2023
They noted that their study was the first to officially discover airborne microplastics in cloud water both in the atmospheric boundary layer and in the free troposphere.
From Salon • Sep. 29, 2023
The short answer is the location of the jet stream or storm track — a belt of strong winds high in the troposphere where airliners fly.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 12, 2023
At 29,028 feet up in the troposphere, so little oxygen was reaching my brain that my mental capacity was that of a slow child.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
Vocabulary lists containing troposphere
Physical Geography - Middle School
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Physical Geography - High School
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Weather and Climate - Middle School
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