This has raised questions about a possible link between the gigantic emissions from the fires in the South American tropics and the damage to the earth's protective ozone shield over Antarctica. (nytimes.com)
UV - B - induced forest sterility: Implications of ozone shield failure in Earth's largest extinction. (sciencenews.org)
From Zürich, lead author Dr. William Ball says Earth's ozone shield against harmful radiation continues to weaken — despite an improvement of big ozone holes over the Poles. (ecoshock.org)