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Nature: Summer thunderstorms across the United States inject water vapour far higher into the atmosphere than was previously believed, promoting a cascade of chemical reactions that could pose an increased threat to Earth’s protective ozone layer as the climate warms.
James Anderson, an atmospheric chemist at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and his colleagues made the discovery while investigating the origins of high-altitude cirrus clouds -- thin and wispy formations that blanket the......
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Storms may speed ozone loss above the United States
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on July 27th, 2012
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