Storms Threaten Ozone Layer Over U.S., Study Says
Source: The New York Times
Strong summer storms that pump water high into the upper atmosphere pose a threat to the protective ozone layer over the United States, researchers said on Thursday, adding that the risk of damage may increase as the climate warms.
In a study published online by the journal Science, Harvard University scientists reported that some storms send water vapor well into the stratosphere -which is normally drier than a desert -and showed how such events could rapidly set off ozone-destroying reactions with chemicals that remain in the atmosphere from CFCs, the now-banned refrigerant gases.
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Berlum
(7,044 posts)You and your corporate-funded lies are the reason why America has done doodles squat about this shit.
Dont call me Shirley
(10,998 posts)emmadoggy
(2,142 posts)a town that neighbors my hometown. I remember seeing it shortly after that storm - I think someone posted it on Facebook.
Very scary-looking picture.
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)marking so I can check it on my iPad.
raouldukelives
(5,178 posts)They literally couldn't do it without them.
xtraxritical
(3,576 posts)As water vapor in the atmosphere prevents heat from escaping into space more water is evaporated. I think corporate oil swilling republiCONs have pushed us past the "tipping point".