Why is there less air the higher up you go?

>>8995805
There isn't, ((((they)))) just don't want you to reach the greys and attain information that could potentially ruin the elites' monopoly on un-earthed knowledge. The liberals have been lying to you all this time. The republicans are the truth. The moon landing was fake. Buzz Aldrin is a coconut.

>>8995805
The weight of the air above presses on the air below, making the air below more dense. Air is 14 PSI because if you took a column of air one square inch all the way up to space, it would weigh 14 pounds. If you're on a mountain, there's less air above you because you're closer to space.

>>8995805
because the concavity of the earth holds the air like a bowl, and any air above the rim of the earth spills out

The gravitational jew pulls it down

>>8995846
How does air "press" on other air?

>>8995805
>Why is there less air the higher up you go?

I think you mean "why is there less air per unit volume" the higher up you go?

In other words: why does the density of the air decrease as you go up?

The answer is because air has weight, so it puts downward force on the air below it. Obviously, the air near the bottom has the most weight pressing down on it from above, which causes its density to be higher. Air near the top has little weight pressing down on it from above, which causes its density to be lower.

>>8995805
Because there is less gravity

>>8995883
DYEL detected

>>8995883
by having fucking mass
there is roughly 1,000kg of air pressing down on you at sea level

>>8995953
>>8995947
Are the air particles pushing on each other constantly? I thought they aren't in contact.

>>8996103
no, but as they are flying about they collide with each other. and since there is a literal gorillon of them, the grillon-or-so bumps seem just like something pressing down.

>>8995805
It's kinda like the deeper you go into the ocean, the higher the pressure