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The Sky’s Limit — CO2 Pollution Shrinking The Stratosphere – CleanTechnica
CO2 Pollution Shrinking The Stratosphere
Humans’ combustion of fossil fuels is shrinking the stratosphere the layer of air above the troposphere, in which we all live illustrating the expansive nature of human impact on the planet and potentially affecting satellites and radio communications, new research shows.
The study, published in Environmental Research Letters, found increased carbon dioxide in the troposphere (020 km above sea level) has squeezed the stratosphere (2060 km above sea level) by 400 meters, essentially 1%, since at…
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