Stratosphere (22 Miles hick) Phrases such as "taking off into the stratosphere" make it sound like this must be the highest level of the atmosphere, but it's actually the second lowest.

When the polar vortex stretches, North America feels the chill. New research reveals some of the stratospheric patterns ...

It may sound like the plot of an old James Bond movie, but an idea to "dehydrate the stratosphere" to slow climate change is real. In a study released Wednesday in Science Advances, researchers ...

Satellites burning in our atmosphere leave metal particles in the stratosphere, and scientists don't know if these could affect our climate. Business Insider Subscribe Newsletters ...

Our atmosphere, it's kind of just a big sandwich! ... The tropopause transitions to the next layer called the stratosphere. This layer extends up to about 31 miles above the Earth's surface.

Researchers and scientists have been studying the stratosphere since the late 1950s, but this specific NOAA effort began in 2020. “There's never been the resources or capability to have globally ...

"If something is changing in the stratosphere — this stable region of the atmosphere — that deserves a closer look," Czizco said. Scientists are concerned that the particulates could damage ...

We know this because every once in a while it happens naturally. When Indonesia’s Mount Tambora erupted in 1815, it ejected so much dust and sulfur dioxide so high it reached the stratosphere ...