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Good ozone, bad ozone and the Southern Ocean

As the ozone hole begins to heal, concentrations of harmful ground-level ozone are also increasing. Work now shows the impacts that both changes are having on the Southern Ocean and our wider climate system.

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Seviour, W.J.M. Good ozone, bad ozone and the Southern Ocean. Nat. Clim. Chang. 12, 316–317 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-022-01322-8

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