Not exact matches
Instead of weightlessness, the aquanaut would have to endure, among other things, artificial
atmospheres with gaseous mixtures
different from what we breathe on land, maintained at
significantly higher pressures than those at sea level to match the water pressure at depth.
Reactive gases would be a
different story (NOx etc.) since the chemistry of the stratosphere is
significantly different to the lower
atmosphere — maybe that's what you are referring to?
The temporal effect of chemical, biological and physical forces applied to his work affect the original materials and change their form to produce a feeling of
atmosphere and endlessness, while beauty and sensual value take on
significantly different properties.
And our soil does a few
different things — retains water in the soil for the plants, returns water to the
atmosphere through evapo - transpiration, dramatically reduces peak flows, and
significantly delays any remaining run - off.
Of course, the energy has to be transported up through the
atmosphere and does so in a number of
different ways but, the precise transport mechanism doesn't
significantly influence the lapse rate as the temperature profile will always tend back towards the hydrodynamically stable value.