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Have volcanoes already passed their zenith influencing the ozone layer?
Author(s) -
Halmer Martina M.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
terra nova
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.353
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1365-3121
pISSN - 0954-4879
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2005.00641.x
Subject(s) - ozone layer , stratosphere , ozone , montreal protocol , volcano , atmosphere (unit) , zenith , atmospheric sciences , ozone depletion , geology , environmental science , earth science , meteorology , geochemistry , geography , geodesy
Earth's ozone layer is only a very small part of the atmosphere, but its intact abundance is most important to the vitality of human beings. Observations have shown that especially after the plinian eruption of Pinatubo volcano in 1991 the ozone layer showed a dramatic depletion. Could a similar hypothetic eruption in the future cause an equal effective destruction of ozone while considering the increasing reduction of man‐made halogens in the stratosphere after the Montreal protocol in 1987?