Volcanoes and Ozone

This was posted to the fediverse after I asked how the ozone layer is being further depleted despite the world wide ban on CFCs and similar chemicals. It turns out that a volcano can throw out chemicals that can react and reduce Ozone (O_3) in the atmosphere.

• Tonga's eruption injected so much water into Earth’s atmosphere that it could weaken the ozone layer

• LiveScience

Tags

#Science,#Volcano,#Ozone.#Damage

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