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Does the air temperature increase or decrease as you ascend through the mesosphere?
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Does the air temperature increase or decrease as you ascend through the mesosphere?

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As the altitude increases, the air temperature decreases.

The Mesosphere, like the troposphere layer, has a decrease in temperature with altitude because of the decreases in the density of the air molecules.
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