Upper Atmosphere

The stratosphere () is the second layer of the atmosphere of Earth, located above the troposphere and below the mesosphere.

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Satellites are burning up in the upper atmosphere – and we still don’t know what impact this will have on the Earth’s climate

Dead spacecraft are seeding the upper atmosphere with metal

Brightest gamma-ray explosion of all time scrambled Earth's upper atmosphere | Live Science

Magnetic Mischief: Earth’s Upper Atmosphere and Satellite Communication Storms

Falling metal space junk is changing Earth's upper atmosphere in ways we don't fully understand

Burned-up space junk pollutes Earth's upper atmosphere, NASA planes find

US Space Force launch may have accidentally punched a hole in the upper atmosphere

UK Professor Granted JWST Observation Time to Study Jupiter’s Upper Atmosphere

The Upper Atmosphere Is Cooling, Prompting New Climate Concerns

The Enigmatic Abundance of Atomic Hydrogen in Saturn's Upper Atmosphere

A new study reaffirming that global climate change is human-made also found the upper atmosphere is cooling dramatically because of rising CO2 levels. Scientists are worried about the effect this cooling could have on orbiting satellites, the ozone layer, and Earth’s weather.

Earth’s upper atmosphere is a sensitive explosion detector

Saturn’s Rings are Heating Gas Giant’s Upper Atmosphere, Astronomers Say

A new Propulsion System Could Levitate Vehicles in the Earth’s Upper Atmosphere

Megadrought: How the current Southwestern North American megadrought is affecting Earth's upper atmosphere

Unabated Carbon Is Shrinking Earth's Upper Atmosphere, Scientists Warn

Huge Heat Wave Spotted in Upper Atmosphere of Jupiter

A New Instrument is Going to the ISS to Study the Climate Impact of Dust in Earth’s Upper Atmosphere

Key Milestone for NASA’s EZIE Mission To Study Electrical Currents in Earth’s Upper Atmosphere

Venus' extreme surface heat drives swirling winds in upper atmosphere, study finds