Natural History Wanderings

The BBC reports

For Antarctic wildlife, exposure to the Sun’s damaging rays has increased in recent years, scientists say.A hole in the ozone layer – the protective barrier of gas in the upper atmosphere – now lingers over the frozen continent for more of the year.A major cause of ozone loss is believed to be the amount of smoke from unprecedented Australian wildfires, which were fuelled by climate change.

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