Editing The Atmosphere (section)

== <span style="color: #FFFFFF;">Understanding</span> ==
The atmosphere is understood through '''Density''' and '''Circulation'''.

'''1. The Pressure Pyramid''':
Air has "Weight."
* The atmosphere is like a "Human Pyramid." The air at the bottom (The Troposphere) is "Crushed" by all the air above it.
* This is why it is "Hard to breathe" at the top of Mt. Everest—there is simply "Less air" there.
* 90% of the atmosphere's "Stuff" is in the bottom 16 km.

'''2. The Three-Cell Machine (Circulation)''':
Why does the wind "Blow"?
* The sun heats the Equator more than the Poles.
* "Hot air rises" at the Equator and moves toward the Poles.
* But because the Earth is "Spinning," the air doesn't make it all the way. It breaks into three "Loops" (The Hadley, Ferrel, and Polar Cells).
* This is why we have "Deserts" at 30° latitude (where air sinks) and "Rainforests" at the Equator (where air rises).

'''3. The Ozone Shield''':
The Stratosphere is "Upside down."
* Normally, it gets "Colder" as you go up.
* But in the Stratosphere, it gets "Warmer" because the Ozone is "Eating" UV light and turning it into heat.
* Without this shield, life on the surface would be "Cooked" by the sun.

'''The 'Jet Stream'''': High-speed "Rivers of air" (up to 400 km/h) that flow miles above our heads. Pilots use them to fly faster from West to East. As the planet warms, the Jet Stream is becoming "Wavy," which causes "Heat waves" or "Cold snaps" to get "Stuck" in one place for weeks.
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