troposphere

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Normally just one or two midsize volcanic eruptions shoot through the troposphere each year, bypassing this cradle of Earth’s weather to reach the stratosphere, the calm, dry zone above.

From Science Magazine

Most thunderstorms occur in the lowest layer of the atmosphere, known as the troposphere.

From Scientific American

The warming, Francis and Vavrus proposed, would inflate the height of the polar troposphere—the lowest layer of the atmosphere and home to its weather.

From Science Magazine

The tropopause is a level in the atmosphere that marks the transition from the troposphere, the lowest level of the atmosphere, and the stratosphere, which surrounds it.

From Washington Post

Most weather occurs in the troposphere, or the part of the atmosphere in contact with the ground.

From Seattle Times