Hopeful Climate Fix Bites The Dust

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A climate “fix” to curb global warming would have a serious side effect, damaging the Earth’s protective ozone shield.

Scientists have put forward several proposals to reduce the amount of sunlight that reaches the planet’s surface, including the use of light-reflecting sulphate particles in the atmosphere.But a study published in Science concludes that injecting sulphate particles into the stratosphere would have a drastic impact, reducing Earth’s protective ozone layer.

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