Learn about the layers of the atmosphere that have the most impact to life on the surface.

All weather occurs in the troposphere, the layer closest to the Earth.

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Scientists have divided our atmosphere into 5 major layers – the troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere and exosphere.

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The Earth's atmosphere is divided into five main layers: Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere, and Exosphere.

The Arctic atmosphere looks like a layer cake compared with the tropics. In those regions, thunderstorms carry heat from the surface miles upward, where it then radiates out into space.

When the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano erupted underwater in January, it created a plume of ash and water that broke through the third layer of Earth’s atmosphere.