Antarctic stratospheric clouds like those shown here are where Dr. Solomon and her colleagues theorized and later etablished that chemical interactions with human-produced chlorine and bromine compounds could destroy ozone.
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Antarctic stratospheric clouds like those shown here are where Dr. Solomon and her colleagues theorized and later etablished that chemical interactions with human-produced chlorine and bromine compounds could destroy ozone.