Tag: climate threat
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UN Explains How the Ozone is Making a Recovery
According to a 2022 assessment by a United Nations-backed panel of scientists, the ozone layer should fully recover within four decades. Due to international efforts to phase out ozone-damaging chemicals, the delicate part of the stratosphere has slowly started thickening. (The stratosphere is a layer of the Earth’s atmosphere). Experts stated that if current policies…
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Polar Ecosystem Coming Under Threat From Climate Change
Climate change may impact the polar ecosystem disproportionately due to rapid warming taking place at the poles. The frigid polar oceans contain some of the most extensive food webs on the planet. However, human-caused climate change threatens many of the species that call these oceans home. Microscopic, photosynthetic algae make up the bottom of the…