Smoke particles from wildfires can erode the ozone layer

Boston MA (SPX) Mar 09, 2023

A wildfire can pump smoke up into the stratosphere, where the particles drift for over a year. A new MIT study has found that while suspended there, these particles can trigger chemical reactions that erode the protective ozone layer shielding the Earth from the sun's damaging ultraviolet radiation. The study, which appears in Nature, focuses on the smoke from the "Black Summer" megafire i