Comment on If hot air rises, why is it colder at the top of a mountain?

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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.

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