Australian wildfires depleted the ozone layer.

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Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD, USA.

Published: November 2022


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Various mechanisms initiated by wildfires thinned the stratospheric ozone layer.

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