Smoke from Black Summer bushfires depleted ozone layer, study finds

More intense bushfires due to climate change will slow recovery of ozone layer, scientist says

Smoke injected high into the atmosphere by the 2019-2020 Australian bushfires resulted in a depletion of the ozone layer, new research has found.

Scientists have found that the smoke from the devastating bushfires caused a 1% loss in ozone – an amount that typically takes one decade to recover.

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(SOURCE) https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/mar/01/smoke-from-black-summer-bushfires-depleted-ozone-layer-study-finds

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