Tag: Loss Of Protective Ozone Near Equator Tied To Short-Lived Chemicals

  • Loss Of Protective Ozone Near Equator Tied To Short-Lived Chemicals

    by gulaiym

    Thirty years after nations banded together to phase out chemicals that destroy stratospheric ozone, the gaping hole in Earth’s ultraviolet (UV) radiation shield above Antarctica is shrinking. But new findings suggest that at midlatitudes, where most people live, the ozone layer in the lower stratosphere is growing more tenuous—for reasons that scientists are struggling to […]

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