Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains Earth's Atmospheric Layers 🌍

Why does Earth’s atmosphere have layers? Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice break down the different layers in Earth’s atmosphere (troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere) and what’s going on up there. How does the stratosphere put a lid on Earth’s weather? Where does Aurora take place?

“CONCORDE, a First Visit to Helsinki, May the 22nd 1985”
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Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction: What’s the Temperature?
04:13 - The Troposphere
06:29 - The Stratosphere
08:32 - The Mesosphere
09:44 - The Thermosphere
12:05 - The Exosphere
13:53 - Karman Line & Where the Sky Ends


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