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While it’s true that hot air rises, causing lower temperatures at higher altitudes, the reason it’s colder on top of mountains is due to the decrease in air pressure with altitude. As air pressure decreases, so does the temperature, leading to colder conditions at higher elevations. Additionally, factors such as exposure to winds and proximity to polar regions can further contribute to colder temperatures on mountain peaks.

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hypnicjerk@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
bad bot

proximity to polar regions? seriously?

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- credo@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Obviously as you go north you go up.
  
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- DeadPand@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Is it not colder at the polar regions??
  
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  - hypnicjerk@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    generally, duh. what’s that got to do with OP’s question? it’s just word count filler fluff.
    
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  - RedditWanderer@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Pretty sure the poles are colder because the farther you are from the equator, the less perpendicular the light. Light spread over a larger area means less heat per sqft. This is also why the seasons change with the tilt of the earth relative to the sun, and not the distance to the sun…
    
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    DeadPand@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    That’s… what I thought as well but everyone’s shitting on every comment and downvoting any kind of discourse in ‘no stupid questions’ , best not to even trying having a discussion here I guess, learning bad, being asshole good 🤷‍♂️
    
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    TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    wtf I don’t get the downvotes all i said is that it’s colder on mt peaks bc a triangles angles all add up to 180 degrees
    
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  - Cipher22@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Not always, Fairbanks Alaska can see the 90’s.
    
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SendMePhotos@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
That very well may be in the troposphere but why does the stratosphere do the opposite?

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- lurker2718@lemmings.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  The stratosphere is heated not by the ground but directly from solar radiation leading to higher power input at the upper layers. So the top is hotter and now convection never starts and you get no cooling of the air when rising.
  
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  - SendMePhotos@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Wild! How come the Mesosphere gets colder as altitude increases again like the troposphere but unlike the stratosphere?!
    
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