the stratospherenoun [ S ]
uk/ˈstræt.ə.sfɪər/us/ˈstræt̬.ə.sfɪr/specializedthe layer of gases surrounding the earth at a height of between 15 and 50 kilometres that is not affected by the weather and in which the temperature increases with height:
During the 1980s, the amount of ozone in the stratosphere above Europe decreased by about eight percent.
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the exosphere
the ionosphere
the mesosphere
the thermosphere
the troposphere
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go into the stratosphere