Tag: ozone layer
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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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Ozone Damage Increase Due to Pollution, According to Science
New research found that increasing pollution over the past two decades resulted in higher ozone levels. While this may seem obvious, no previous study about ozone used data collected directly by commercial aircraft. In the study published in the journal Science Advances, researchers gathered measurements from aircraft on international flights. They discovered increasing ozone levels…
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Tree Rings May Reveal Evidence of Supernova Activity
New research by University of Colorado Boulder geoscientist Robert Brakenridge shows that tree rings may hold evidence of massive space explosions. When a huge star dies off, it emits high levels of gamma radiation into the cosmos. However, these colossal explosions don’t only affect space. Additionally, they leave permanent records in Earth’s geology as well.…