Stratosphere: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Article title updated for style. Nov 11, 2026
Modified link of Web site: Geosciences LibreTexts - Biogeochemical reactions in the stratosphere. Oct 09, 2026
Add new Web site: American Association for the Advancement of Science - Science Advances - Role of the stratosphere in the global mercury cycle. Apr 02, 2025
Add new Web site: CORE - Solid particles in the tropical lowest stratosphere (PDF). Jan 25, 2025
Add new Web site: IOPscience - Environmental Research Letters - Stratospheric contraction caused by increasing greenhouse gases (PDF). Dec 13, 2024
Add new Web site: PNAS - Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences - Why the lower stratosphere cools when the troposphere warms. Oct 19, 2024
Add new Web site: Geosciences LibreTexts - Biogeochemical reactions in the stratosphere. Sep 21, 2023
Add new Web site: UCAR Center for Science Education - The Stratosphere. Jun 13, 2023
Add new Web site: Communications Earth and Environment - Stratospheric drivers of extreme events at the Earth’s surface. Apr 17, 2023
Minimum height of the tropopause changed from 6 km (about 4 miles) to 10 km (about 6 miles). Jun 15, 2012
Added new Web site: Buzzle.com - Stratosphere. Jan 28, 2009
Article revised and updated. Jun 27, 2007
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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