A layer of charged particles, called the ionosphere, surrounds Earth, extending from about 50 to 400 miles above the surface of the planet. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for ...

IN a recent letter Prof. J. R. Partington 1 states that the system of four immiscible liquid layers described by me 2 does not appear to be stable, inasmuch as a specimen, that originally ...

Many human activities release polluting gases into the atmosphere, such as farming animals ... the outer core and the inner core. These layers each have different structures and properties.

The layers of the atmosphere shown to scale and a discussion of what happens at each layer. The layers in order from the ground up: Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere, and the ...