Thread by @TaNaishaJ

1/5 "The 2022 WMO/#UNEP #Ozone Assessment contains the most up-to-date understanding of ozone #depletion, reflecting the thinking of hundreds of international scientific experts who contribute to its preparation and review."

#NOAA

csl.noaa.gov/assessments/oz…

2/5 Does anyone with expertise in this area know why charged particles in plasma from #solar #flares, #coronal #mass ejections (#CMEs) and even #localized #thermonuclear #bursts, i.e. #micronovae, were not considered in this report?

3/5 The recommended terms of reference of the 2022 Assessment for the Scientific Assessment Panel (SAP) was supposed to include assessment of information and research related to
solar radiation management and its potential effect on
the stratospheric ozone layer.

4/5 While anthropogenic activity is to blame for some of the ozone layer's depletion, isolated proton aurora observations have revealed a remarkable cause of ozone depletion that comes from #space #weather.

#solar #Sun #particle #forcing #SolarCycle25

5/5 "Here we show a compelling rapid correspondence between localized #relativistic #electron #precipitation (#REP) and ozone destruction during a specific auroral phenomenon, the called an #isolated #proton #aurora (#IPA)."

nature.com/articles/s4159…

1/2 "Until 2005, data from #ERBS helped researchers investigate how Earth absorbed and radiated energy from the #Sun, and measured #ozone, water vapor, #nitrogen #dioxide and #aerosol concentrations in the #Earth’s #stratosphere."

#space #weather

cnn.com/2023/01/09/wor…

2/2 "The #Earth #Radiation #Budget #Satellite, known as #ERBS, was launched in 1984 aboard space shuttle #Challenger."