Smoke from Black Summer bushfires depleted ozone layer, study finds

More intense bushfires due to climate change will slow recovery of ozone layer, scientist says

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Smoke injected high into the atmosphere by the 2019-2020 Australian bushfires resulted in a depletion of the ozone layer, new research has found.

Scientists have found that the smoke from the devastating bushfires caused a 1% loss in ozone - an amount that typically takes one decade to recover.

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