That very well may be in the troposphere but why does the stratosphere do the opposite?
Comment on If hot air rises, why is it colder at the top of a mountain?
Fake4000@lemmy.world 7 months ago
While it’s true that hot air rises, causing lower temperatures at higher altitudes, the reason it’s colder on top of mountains is due to the decrease in air pressure with altitude. As air pressure decreases, so does the temperature, leading to colder conditions at higher elevations. Additionally, factors such as exposure to winds and proximity to polar regions can further contribute to colder temperatures on mountain peaks.
SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 7 months ago
lurker2718@lemmings.world 7 months ago
The stratosphere is heated not by the ground but directly from solar radiation leading to higher power input at the upper layers. So the top is hotter and now convection never starts and you get no cooling of the air when rising.
SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Wild! How come the Mesosphere gets colder as altitude increases again like the troposphere but unlike the stratosphere?!
hypnicjerk@lemmy.world 7 months ago
bad bot
proximity to polar regions? seriously?
credo@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Obviously as you go north you go up.
DeadPand@midwest.social 7 months ago
Is it not colder at the polar regions??
hypnicjerk@lemmy.world 7 months ago
generally, duh. what’s that got to do with OP’s question? it’s just word count filler fluff.
RedditWanderer@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Pretty sure the poles are colder because the farther you are from the equator, the less perpendicular the light. Light spread over a larger area means less heat per sqft. This is also why the seasons change with the tilt of the earth relative to the sun, and not the distance to the sun…
DeadPand@midwest.social 7 months ago
That’s… what I thought as well but everyone’s shitting on every comment and downvoting any kind of discourse in ‘no stupid questions’ , best not to even trying having a discussion here I guess, learning bad, being asshole good 🤷♂️
Cipher22@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Not always, Fairbanks Alaska can see the 90’s.