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Ozone intrusions -- humankind's fault?

In this week's Nature, a study led by physics and astronomy professor Wayne Hocking of the University of Western Ontario reveals new discoveries about how ozone moves through our skies and how so-called 'ozone intrusions' can be monitored using a relatively simple radar instrument.

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