Healing ozone layer has paused shifting jet stream, says study - Geography and You

After the discovery of the stratospheric ozone hole over Antarctica, scientists across the world raised concerns over its catastrophic impacts and called world leaders to deliberate and take measures to save the ozone layer. The Montreal Protocol of 1987 was the outcome of these continuous deliberations and provided direction to phase down the consumption and production of the different ozone depleting substances (ODSs). Scientists have revealed that this collaborative protocol has yielded positive results in the form of pausing and even reversing southward shifting of jet streams (strong air currents around the Southern Hemisphere), driven by ozone depletion in the Antarctic stratosphere.

Submitted April 13, 2020 at 02:27AM by geographyandyou https://ift.tt/2xsHlaK