Why is it colder at higher elevations? A thorough and visual explanation.
<p>The Internet should be a place where we can find good answers to basic scientific questions. Unfortunately, that’s not always easy.</p>
<p>Consider the question, “Why is it colder at higher elevations?” It seems like you should be able to Google this and find a straightforward and enlightening answer. However, most online explanations (e.g. on question-and-answer websites like Quora, StackExchange, Reddit, and even many educational sites like Scientific American) are wishy-washy, incomplete, visually bankrupt, needlessly arcane, and/or grammatically shameful.</p>
<p>On Quora, a thread addressing the question of “Why is it colder at high elevation” contains <strong><em>50</em></strong> different user-generated answers, ranging from unsatisfying to spectacularly wrong. One Quora user, “Tzvi Freeman,” <a href="https://www.quora.com/If-hot-air-rises-then-why-is-it-so-cold-at-the-top-of-a-mountain/answer/Tzvi-Freeman-1?ch=2" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">notes</a> that reading through those answers gave him a feeling of “utter confusion and exasperation.” He continues:</p>
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