The stratosphere is the second layer of Earth’s atmosphere, located between 6 to 30 miles above the surface. It contains 95% of all atmospheric ozone and plays an essential role in protecting life on earth from harmful ultraviolet radiation from the sun. The stratosphere also serves as a buffer for air travelling up and down between different layers of our atmosphere, helping to regulate temperatures both near ground level and high in space.
The temperature within the stratosphere increases with altitude due to absorption by ozone molecules which absorb UV radiation from sunlight at certain wavelengths. This causes a phenomenon known as “ozone heating” where warmer air rises higher than cooler air below it creating what is known as an “inversion”. Inversions can have major impacts on weather patterns across large regions since they tend to prevent convection currents that would normally transport heat energy upward away from populated areas such as cities or towns.
In addition, winds within this layer are generally much weaker than those found lower down towards ground level but still play an important role in global climate change through their ability to move heat energy around planet Earth’s surface over long distances – something which has been shown more recently due changes caused by human activities like burning fossil fuels for energy production or transportation purposes.
All these factors combined make it clear why understanding how processes work inside this critical region of our planet’s atmosphere is so important if we want ensure its continued stability well into future generations!
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