Fires In Australia Have Destroyed The Ozone Layer Warming The Stratosphere According To A Study
Comment Australia’s bushfire season in late 2019 and early 2020 was extreme. It blew smoke about 20 miles into the sky, not unlike what a nuclear explosion might produce. Smoke from the fires circled the globe and hung in plumes over the Pacific. Now, a study published Thursday in the journal Scientific Reports shows that smoky aerosols have caused the warmest stratospheric temperatures in about three decades and likely destroyed the ozone layer — which has been recovering slowly since the substances that destroy it were largely removed....