Australian wildfires cause the largest stratospheric warming since Pinatubo and extends the lifetime of the Antarctic ozone hole
Abstract Global mean lower stratosphere temperatures rose abruptly in January 2020 reaching values not experienced since the early 1990s. Anomalously high lower stratospheric temperatures were recorded for 4 months at highly statistically significant levels. Here, we use a combination of satellite a...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2022-08-01
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Series: | Scientific Reports |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-15794-3 |