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:::'''To protect & preserve Earth's thin layer of''' [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Atmospheric_Science '''life-enabling atmosphere''']


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:::'''''"Look at how thin our atmosphere is. This is all there is between humankind and deadly space."'''''
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[https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/piers-sellers-climate-scientist-turned-astronaut-dies-at-61/2016/12/23/145c5c0a-c37e-11e5-8965-0607e0e265ce_story.html <big>'''Piers Sellers Passes from Earth'''</big>]


:''Astronaut Piers Sellers, a dual British-US citizen, made a point of using his experiences as an astronaut to further [http://www.planetaryawareness.org planetary awareness] of climate issues. As a climate scientist and for many years director of NASA's Goddard Earth Science division, he was surprised to see how thin the atmosphere was. “That really brought home to me how easily mankind can affect its own environment. The stuff we breathe, there’s not much of it. It’s a very thin atmosphere. We better pay attention.”''  
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::[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Reid_Wiseman,_at_lunch_pic.jpg '''''Astro Wiseman's point of view''''']


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''You look out the window, and in my case, I saw the thinness of the atmosphere, and it really hit home, and I thought, 'Wow, this is a fragile ball of life that we're living on.' ''  


''It is hard for you to appreciate that until you are outside of it." - Astronaut Sandra Magnus''


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:::[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Reid_Wiseman,_at_lunch_pic.jpg '''''Astro Wiseman's point of view''''']


::::[https://plus.google.com/104105656721944993244/posts/4Cp2QAKR1qK '''''Astro Gerst's point of view''''']
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:::::[http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/11/26/nasa_photo_reminds_us_to_give_thanks_for_earth_s_beautiful_irreplaceable.html '''''A Moment to Appreciate Earth’s Atmosphere / On Thanksgiving Day 2014''''']




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[http://strategicdemands.com/environmental-security/ '''''Strategic Demands: New Definitions of National and Environmental Security''''']
 
::[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Thin_Blue_Layer '''''The Thin Blue Layer protecting the home planet''''']
 
 
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::[[File:POV of our thin atmosphere as sun sets - from the space station cupola - Sept 2021.jpg]]
 
 
 
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<big><big>''Up & Back: A Blue Origin's Moment in Time''</big></big>
 
 
July 2021 as Jeff Bezos returns to Earth from his [https://www.blueorigin.com/news-archive/first-human-flight-updates journey up to the edge of space on the Blue Origin ship...] he speaks emotionally of how thin the atmosphere is...
 
''“When you get up above it, what you see is, it’s actually incredibly thin. It’s this tiny, little fragile thing, and as we move about the planet, we’re damaging it. That’s a very profound — it’s one thing to recognize that intellectually. It’s another thing to actually see with your eyes how fragile it really is.”''
 
 
[[File:Thin Blue 768x432.jpg]]
 
 
''"We are beginning to realize the extent of an existential experiment humanity is conducting in the atmosphere of the planet, the [http://www.thinbluelayer.com "thin blue layer"]. The [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Anthropocene '''Anthropocene era'''] is a gathering storm that is changing 'nature' as nature used to be... Our challenge is to use our native intelligence to protect the life-enabling atmosphere, to make decisions that sustain and benefit life today and for future generations." -- Steven J. Schmidt''
 
 
[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/User:Siterunner '''SJS / GreenPolicy360 Siterunner:''']
 
Perspective of Earth's atmosphere from [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Overview_Effect an Astronaut's point of view], the thinness of the Earth’s life-supporting envelope, is clear to see when up above the atmosphere. Yet, from the surface of the Earth, looking up, it is not clear at all how far the atmosphere goes. It is not clear how this 'thin blue' layer acts to protect our planetary ecosystems, our biosphere.
 
A collapse of the biosphere due to anthropogenic climate change is not an impossible scenario when seen with an overview perspective. The words of astronauts speaking of the thin layer of Earth's protective atmosphere are as if modern Cassandra voice are warning without being heard or listened to by those too busy to hear...
 
Let's talk in common language then, the language of cars and these cars are being driven up into the sky, not on highways to work or play. How far is it before we reach the edge of 'the sky', the border to life as we know it down here on Earth?
 
How can kids in schools learn that the sky, the atmosphere above us, the 'thin blue layer' that protects life on Earth, is at risk and needs to be carefully taken care of and preserved.
 
Our generation and generations to come must know and learn "Earth is in our hands and our planet's health is in our care..."
 
Most all of the atmosphere of Earth is compacted into what is called the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troposphere Troposphere]. What is the height, the extent of the atmosphere?
 
The sky is just a few miles high. Look how thin our atmosphere is...
 
 
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<big><big>''Driving Up There, From Down Here''</big></big>
<big><big>''Driving Up There, From Down Here''</big></big>


:[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/How_thin_is_earth%27s_atmosphere.jpg '''Look, "a twelve-minute drive" to the top of the troposphere...''']  
:[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/How_thin_is_earth%27s_atmosphere.jpg '''Look, "a twelve-minute drive" to the top of the Troposphere...''']
 
 
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<small>'''Troposphere''' - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troposphere</small>
 
:<small>'''Stratosphere''' - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratosphere</small>
 
::<small>'''Kármán line''' - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A1rm%C3%A1n_line</small>
 
:::<small>'''Earth's Atmospheric Layers''' - https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sunearth/science/atmosphere-layers2.html
 
 
 
[[File:Thin Blue Layer - Earth's Limb Horizon - Nov 2020.png]]
 
 
 
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"Perspective... from an Astronaut's point of view the thinness of the Earth’s life-supporting envelope is clear to see. Yet, from the surface of the Earth, looking up, it is not clear at all how far the atmosphere goes. It is not clear how this 'thin blue' layer acts to protect our planetary ecosystems, our biosphere.


"A collapse of the biosphere due to anthropogenic climate change is not an impossible scenario when seen with an overview perspective. The words of astronauts speaking of the thin layer of Earth's protective atmosphere are as if a modern Cassandra is warning without being heard or listened to by those too busy to hear..."


"Let's talk in common language then, the language of cars and these cars are being driven up into the sky, not on highways to work or play. How far is it before we reach the edge of space, the border to life as we know it down here on Earth? How can kids in schools get a lesson that simply says "the 'thin blue' atmosphere that protects life on Earth is at risk and needs to be carefully taken care of and preserved. Our planet's health is in your care..." -- SJS / Siterunner
The Earth's atmosphere does not abruptly end at any given height but becomes progressively thinner with altitude. The edge of most all of the atmosphere (80% approximately in the Troposphere) is not far above us.  


The troposphere is one of five layers of the atmosphere surrounding the earth. The other four layers include the stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, and exosphere. The troposphere is the lowest layer of the atmosphere, closest to the earth's surface. Its depth is different at different regions of the earth, being deeper in the warmer regions and shallower in the colder regions. The word 'troposphere' is derived from the Greek word 'Tropos' which means 'change'.


[[File:How thin is earth's atmosphere.jpg]] 
The troposphere is located closest to the earth, followed by the stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, and the exosphere. The troposphere contains approximately 80% of the mass of the atmosphere of the Earth and 99% of the total mass of Earth's atmospheric water vapor.  


The transitional area between the troposphere and stratosphere is called the tropopause. The jet stream or 'river of air' as it is also referred to, is located just below the tropopause and moves at approximately 250 miles per hour. The troposphere extends from the earth's surface to approximately 33,000 feet (6.2 miles) high. However in warm regions like the equator it can rise as high as 65,000 feet (12 miles). In colder regions like the north and south poles, it may rise only as high as 23,000 feet (4 miles). The troposphere is not heated directly from the sun. Instead, the sun heats the ground and the ocean and this heat is then radiated into the troposphere.


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Despite the fact that only a small percentage of the troposphere's gas is carbon dioxide, this is the determining factor in the earth's temperature...




[http://www.thinbluelayer.com <big><big>'''''ThinBlueLayer.com'''''</big></big>]
20 kilometers = 12.42742 miles


25 kilometers = 15.53428 miles


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30 kilometers = 18.64114 miles




[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Earths_Atmospheric_Layers.JPG <big>'''''Looking @ the Troposphere and Atmosphere'''''</big>]


[http://www.thinbluelayer.com <big><big>'''''ThinBlueLayer.com'''''</big></big>]


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One of the earliest known experiences of space travel, a whole earth perspective shared by returning astronauts, what author Frank White has called the [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Overview_Effect “Overview Effect”]''
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:::[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Earths_Atmospheric_Layers.JPG '''''Looking @ Earth's Atmosphere'''''] / [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracy_Caldwell_Dyson '''''Astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson''''']


[[File:Tracy Caldwell ISS 2010.jpg|link=https://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/Tracy_Caldwell.jpg]]


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'''''“For the first time in my life, I saw the horizon as a curved line. It was accentuated by a thin seam of dark blue light: the atmosphere...”'''''
'''''“For the first time in my life, I saw the horizon as a curved line. It was accentuated by a thin seam of dark blue light: the atmosphere...”'''''
:'''''“This was not the ‘ocean’ of air I had been told it was ... I was terrified by its fragile appearance.” -- Astronaut Merbold'''''
 
:''“This was not the ‘ocean’ of air I had been told it was ... I was terrified by its fragile appearance.” -- Astronaut Merbold''




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[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earthviews_from_Astronauts <big>'''''Earthviews from Astronauts'''''</big>]
[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earthviews_from_Astronauts <big><big>'''''Earthviews from Astronauts'''''</big></big>]




'''''Astronaut Gerst''''': ''“Some things that on Earth we see in the news every day and thus almost tend to accept as a “given”, appear very different from our perspective.”''  
'''''Astronaut Gerst''''': ''“Some things that on Earth we see in the news every day and thus almost tend to accept as a “given”, appear very different from our perspective.”''  
:''“We do not see any borders from space. We just see a unique planet with a thin, fragile atmosphere, suspended in a vast and hostile darkness.”''  
:''“We do not see any borders from space. We just see a unique planet with a thin, fragile atmosphere, suspended in a vast and hostile darkness.”''  
::''“From up here it is crystal clear that on Earth we are one humanity.”''


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:::''“From up here it is crystal clear that on Earth we are one humanity.”''
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<big><big>'''''[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Overview_Effect Overview]'''''</big></big>
''One of the earliest known experiences of space travel, a whole earth perspective shared by returning astronauts, is what author Frank White calls an [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Overview_Effect '''“Overview Effect”''']''
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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Above.png '''''Dawning Thin Blue Perspective''''']
<small>NASA</small>
<big><big>'''''"An Experiment of Epic Scale"'''''</big></big>
[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Anthropocene '''''Anthropogenic Change of Our Atmosphere''''']
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmosphere_of_Earth '''''Atmosphere of Earth - Wiki'''''] / [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Isn%27t_it_time.jpg '''''Isn't It About Time We Measure the Dynamic Changes in the Atmosphere?''''']
'''''We are in the first era of [http://climate.nasa.gov/blog geo-monitoring] the thin blue atmosphere, earth systems and biosphere from space ...'''''
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:'''''Beginning w/ first-ever images of our home planet in the Apollo era...'''''
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<big>'''''"An Experiment of Epic Scale: Anthropogenic Change of Our Atmosphere"'''''</big>
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmosphere_of_Earth '''''Atmosphere of Earth - Wiki'''''] [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Isn%27t_it_time.jpg '''''Isn't It About Time?'''''] ... '''''We are in the first era of geo-monitoring the thin blue atmosphere, earth systems and biosphere from space ...''''' [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Micro-satellites] [http://climate.nasa.gov/blog]
'''''First-generation [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Science_Research_from_Space #EarthObservations''''']


'''''Beginning with first-ever images of our home planet, Earth, taken from the Apollo era ...''''' [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/From_Apollo_4.jpg] [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/Whole_Earth_1972_Apollo_17.jpg]
'''''[http://www.earthpov.com An #EarthPOV], [https://vimeo.com/55073825 an "Overview"] that, over time, will educate #PlanetCitizens to new challenges'''''


'''''Now #Earth360 follows with first-generation [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Science_Research_from_Space #EarthObservations''''']


'''''[http://www.earthpov.com An #EarthPOV], [https://vimeo.com/55073825 an "Overview"] that, over time, will educate and open all to new challenges'''''  
'''''Our generation, each generation, faces new possibilities and challenges as [http://www.planetcitizen.org citizens of the planet] ...'''''


'''''Our generation faces new possibilities and challenges as [http://www.planetcitizen.org citizens of the planet] ...'''''
: [https://www.pinterest.com/stratdem/environmental-security/ '''''Thin Blue @Pinterest''''']




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<small>NASA</small>
<small>Steven Schmidt / GP360 Siterunner: "A chemical experiment with unknown consequences is taking place above and around us. The Earth's atmosphere, a thin layer that enables and protects life, is being impacted by potentially deadly human-produced emissions, even as a first generation of data and science is being produced with [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Earth_Observations atmospheric observations] from space. We are beginning to realize the extent of an existential experiment humanity is conducting in the atmosphere of the planet. The Anthropocene era is a gathering storm that is changing 'nature' and our responsibility to future generations is profound."</small>


Steven Schmidt / GP360 Siterunner: "A chemical experiment with unknown consequences is taking place above and around us. The Earth's atmosphere, a thin layer that enables and protects life, is being impacted by potentially deadly human-produced emissions, even as a first generation of data and science is being produced with [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Earth_Observations atmospheric observations] from space. We are beginning to realize the extent of an existential experiment humanity is conducting in the atmosphere of the planet. The Anthropocene era is a gathering storm that is changing 'nature' and our responsibility to future generations is profound."


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''Elon Musk:'' ''"The greater the change to the chemical composition of the physical, chemical makeup of the oceans and atmosphere [due to increased carbon emissions], the greater the long-term effect will be... [W]hy would you run this crazy experiment to see how bad it'll be? We know it's at least some bad, and the overwhelming scientific consensus is that it'll be really bad."''


''“Even if you put the environmental consequences of dramatically changing the chemical composition of the oceans and atmosphere aside, we will eventually run out of oil. If we don’t find a solution to burning oil for transport, and we then run out of oil, the economy will collapse and civilization will come to an end as we know it. And so if we know that we have to ultimately get off oil no matter what — we know that is an inescapable outcome, it’s simply a question of when, not if — then, why would you run this crazy experiment of changing the chemical composition of the atmosphere and oceans by adding enormous amounts of CO2 that’ve been buried since the pre-Cambrian era? That’s crazy. That is the dumbest experiment in history, by far. Can you think of a dumber experiment? I honestly cannot. What good could possibly come of it?”'' -- ''Interviewed by Neil DeGrasse Tyson’s in 'Star Talk'''
''Elon Musk:'' ''"The greater the change to the chemical composition of the physical, chemical makeup of the oceans and atmosphere (due to increased carbon emissions), the greater the long-term effect will be... Why would you run this crazy experiment to see how bad it'll be? We know it's at least some bad, and the overwhelming scientific consensus is that it'll be really bad."''
 
''“Even if you put the environmental consequences of dramatically changing the chemical composition of the oceans and atmosphere aside, we will eventually run out of oil. If we don’t find a solution to burning oil for transport, and we then run out of oil, the economy will collapse and civilization will come to an end as we know it. And so if we know that we have to ultimately get off oil no matter what — we know that is an inescapable outcome, it’s simply a question of when, not if — then, why would you run this crazy experiment of changing the chemical composition of the atmosphere and oceans by adding enormous amounts of CO2 that’ve been buried since the pre-Cambrian era? That’s crazy. That is the dumbest experiment in history, by far. Can you think of a dumber experiment? I honestly cannot. What good could possibly come of it?”''  
 
-- ''Elon Musk Interviewed by Neil DeGrasse Tyson’s in 'Star Talk' '
 
 
 
 
<big>'''''The "thin blue" layer... absorbing the sum of human-produced emissions...'''''</big>
:<big>''Today's generation [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Isn%27t_it_time.jpg begins to measure and calculate] the cost of [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Externalities "externalities"]''</big>


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<small>NASA</small>
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::[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Above.png A new vision and new perspective of life on Earth]
<big>'''A New Vision of Security'''</big>


<big>'''A New Vision of Security -- Looking Up to See the Challenge of the 21st Century'''</big>
'''Looking Up to See a "Thin Blue" Challenge of the 21st Century'''


The high ground, the atmosphere, atmospheric and earth science being developed by a first generation of environmental, planet scientists
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* [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/New_Definitions_of_National_Security "New Definitions of National Security"]
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"Thin Blue"

Earth Science Vital Signs

 

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NASA

 

ThinBlueLayer.com: Look at 'Life's Thin Edge' as Seen from Space


GreenPolicy/Strategic Demands: Earth's atmosphere, a "Thin Blue Layer", the Troposphere's ~ "12 - 15 miles high"...

"Thin Blue" enables conditions making our Living Earth possible...


ThinBlueLayer.com
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NASA


Fragile edge of our planet
Thin blue line
Mysterious rhythm
Our next breath
Heart struck with wonder
Mind dizzy with awe
-- Astronaut Douglas Wheelock‏ @Astro_Wheels

 

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GreenPolicy360:
Our goal: As 'Planet Citizens'
To protect & preserve Earth's thin layer of life-enabling atmosphere

 


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NASA - Astronaut Reid Wiseman

* https://www.thephoblographer.com/2014/09/10/nasa-astronaut-reid-wiseman-best-space-photographer-time/

* https://greenpolicy360.net/images/Reid_Wiseman_thinbluelayer_m.jpg

* https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BuDZa8ZCEAAJzmd.jpg:large


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Thin Blue Layer of Global Security

 

Environmental Security
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"Thin Blue" -- Global Commons, Global Trust
Astro Wiseman's point of view
Astro Gerst's point of view
A Moment to Appreciate Earth’s Atmosphere / On Thanksgiving Day 2014


"It is all connected, it is all interdependent...

You look out the window, and in my case, I saw the thinness of the atmosphere, and it really hit home, and I thought, 'Wow, this is a fragile ball of life that we're living on.'

It is hard for you to appreciate that until you are outside of it." - Astronaut Sandra Magnus


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Strategic Demands: New Definitions of National and Environmental Security

The Thin Blue Layer protecting the home planet


www.thinbluelayer.com

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NASA


POV of our thin atmosphere as sun sets - from the space station cupola - Sept 2021.jpg


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Up & Back: A Blue Origin's Moment in Time


July 2021 as Jeff Bezos returns to Earth from his journey up to the edge of space on the Blue Origin ship... he speaks emotionally of how thin the atmosphere is...

“When you get up above it, what you see is, it’s actually incredibly thin. It’s this tiny, little fragile thing, and as we move about the planet, we’re damaging it. That’s a very profound — it’s one thing to recognize that intellectually. It’s another thing to actually see with your eyes how fragile it really is.”


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"We are beginning to realize the extent of an existential experiment humanity is conducting in the atmosphere of the planet, the "thin blue layer". The Anthropocene era is a gathering storm that is changing 'nature' as nature used to be... Our challenge is to use our native intelligence to protect the life-enabling atmosphere, to make decisions that sustain and benefit life today and for future generations." -- Steven J. Schmidt


SJS / GreenPolicy360 Siterunner:

Perspective of Earth's atmosphere from an Astronaut's point of view, the thinness of the Earth’s life-supporting envelope, is clear to see when up above the atmosphere. Yet, from the surface of the Earth, looking up, it is not clear at all how far the atmosphere goes. It is not clear how this 'thin blue' layer acts to protect our planetary ecosystems, our biosphere.

A collapse of the biosphere due to anthropogenic climate change is not an impossible scenario when seen with an overview perspective. The words of astronauts speaking of the thin layer of Earth's protective atmosphere are as if modern Cassandra voice are warning without being heard or listened to by those too busy to hear...

Let's talk in common language then, the language of cars and these cars are being driven up into the sky, not on highways to work or play. How far is it before we reach the edge of 'the sky', the border to life as we know it down here on Earth?

How can kids in schools learn that the sky, the atmosphere above us, the 'thin blue layer' that protects life on Earth, is at risk and needs to be carefully taken care of and preserved.

Our generation and generations to come must know and learn "Earth is in our hands and our planet's health is in our care..."

Most all of the atmosphere of Earth is compacted into what is called the Troposphere. What is the height, the extent of the atmosphere?

The sky is just a few miles high. Look how thin our atmosphere is...


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Driving Up There, From Down Here

Look, "a twelve-minute drive" to the top of the Troposphere...


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NASA


Troposphere - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troposphere

Stratosphere - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratosphere
Kármán line - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A1rm%C3%A1n_line
Earth's Atmospheric Layers - https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sunearth/science/atmosphere-layers2.html


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The Earth's atmosphere does not abruptly end at any given height but becomes progressively thinner with altitude. The edge of most all of the atmosphere (80% approximately in the Troposphere) is not far above us.

The troposphere is one of five layers of the atmosphere surrounding the earth. The other four layers include the stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, and exosphere. The troposphere is the lowest layer of the atmosphere, closest to the earth's surface. Its depth is different at different regions of the earth, being deeper in the warmer regions and shallower in the colder regions. The word 'troposphere' is derived from the Greek word 'Tropos' which means 'change'.

The troposphere is located closest to the earth, followed by the stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, and the exosphere. The troposphere contains approximately 80% of the mass of the atmosphere of the Earth and 99% of the total mass of Earth's atmospheric water vapor.

The transitional area between the troposphere and stratosphere is called the tropopause. The jet stream or 'river of air' as it is also referred to, is located just below the tropopause and moves at approximately 250 miles per hour. The troposphere extends from the earth's surface to approximately 33,000 feet (6.2 miles) high. However in warm regions like the equator it can rise as high as 65,000 feet (12 miles). In colder regions like the north and south poles, it may rise only as high as 23,000 feet (4 miles). The troposphere is not heated directly from the sun. Instead, the sun heats the ground and the ocean and this heat is then radiated into the troposphere.

Despite the fact that only a small percentage of the troposphere's gas is carbon dioxide, this is the determining factor in the earth's temperature...


20 kilometers = 12.42742 miles

25 kilometers = 15.53428 miles

30 kilometers = 18.64114 miles


ThinBlueLayer.com


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NASA

 

Looking @ Earth's Atmosphere / Astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson


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NASA

 

“For the first time in my life, I saw the horizon as a curved line. It was accentuated by a thin seam of dark blue light: the atmosphere...”

“This was not the ‘ocean’ of air I had been told it was ... I was terrified by its fragile appearance.” -- Astronaut Merbold


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NASA

 

Earthviews from Astronauts


Astronaut Gerst: “Some things that on Earth we see in the news every day and thus almost tend to accept as a “given”, appear very different from our perspective.”

“We do not see any borders from space. We just see a unique planet with a thin, fragile atmosphere, suspended in a vast and hostile darkness.”


“From up here it is crystal clear that on Earth we are one humanity.”


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NASA

 

Overview

One of the earliest known experiences of space travel, a whole earth perspective shared by returning astronauts, is what author Frank White calls an “Overview Effect”


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NASA


"An Experiment of Epic Scale"

Anthropogenic Change of Our Atmosphere

Atmosphere of Earth - Wiki / Isn't It About Time We Measure the Dynamic Changes in the Atmosphere?


We are in the first era of geo-monitoring the thin blue atmosphere, earth systems and biosphere from space ...


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NASA

 

Beginning w/ first-ever images of our home planet in the Apollo era...


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NASA

 

First-generation #EarthObservations

An #EarthPOV, an "Overview" that, over time, will educate #PlanetCitizens to new challenges


Our generation, each generation, faces new possibilities and challenges as citizens of the planet ...

Thin Blue @Pinterest


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NASA

Steven Schmidt / GP360 Siterunner: "A chemical experiment with unknown consequences is taking place above and around us. The Earth's atmosphere, a thin layer that enables and protects life, is being impacted by potentially deadly human-produced emissions, even as a first generation of data and science is being produced with atmospheric observations from space. We are beginning to realize the extent of an existential experiment humanity is conducting in the atmosphere of the planet. The Anthropocene era is a gathering storm that is changing 'nature' and our responsibility to future generations is profound."


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Elon Musk: "The greater the change to the chemical composition of the physical, chemical makeup of the oceans and atmosphere (due to increased carbon emissions), the greater the long-term effect will be... Why would you run this crazy experiment to see how bad it'll be? We know it's at least some bad, and the overwhelming scientific consensus is that it'll be really bad."

“Even if you put the environmental consequences of dramatically changing the chemical composition of the oceans and atmosphere aside, we will eventually run out of oil. If we don’t find a solution to burning oil for transport, and we then run out of oil, the economy will collapse and civilization will come to an end as we know it. And so if we know that we have to ultimately get off oil no matter what — we know that is an inescapable outcome, it’s simply a question of when, not if — then, why would you run this crazy experiment of changing the chemical composition of the atmosphere and oceans by adding enormous amounts of CO2 that’ve been buried since the pre-Cambrian era? That’s crazy. That is the dumbest experiment in history, by far. Can you think of a dumber experiment? I honestly cannot. What good could possibly come of it?”

-- Elon Musk Interviewed by Neil DeGrasse Tyson’s in 'Star Talk' '



The "thin blue" layer... absorbing the sum of human-produced emissions...

Today's generation begins to measure and calculate the cost of "externalities"


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NASA


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A new vision and new perspective of life on Earth


A New Vision of Security

Looking Up to See a "Thin Blue" Challenge of the 21st Century

The high ground, the atmosphere, atmospheric and earth science being developed by a first generation of environmental, planet scientists

The 'thin blue layer' is a common ground, a necessary, vital, existential space that must be protected for our common survival


A "paradigm", new vision and new strategies to define and act upon national security needs and challenges
An endeavor of GreenPolicy360 and StrategicDemands in the national security space



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Existential Threat Horizon

As planet citizens we must acknowledge and measure our impact on natural systems of Earth


The Challenge of Acting for the Commons



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NASA


 

Strategic Demands & GreenPolicy360

Visit GreenPolicy360's Associate:

Strategic Demands #StratDem @ www.StrategicDemands.com


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Atmospheric Science; ClimatePolicy; Environmental Security; Earth Right Now; Sustainability Policies


PlanetCitizen
www.PlanetCitizen.org
Planet Citizens
www.PlanetCitizens.org


 

Earth Science Vital Signs

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NASA


 

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ESA
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