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Venting volcanoes

By Roberta Kwok / June 22, 2012
Volcanic eruptions can release huge amounts of bromine, a chemical that helps destroy Earth’s protective ozone layer. A large eruption 24,500 years ago created Nicaragua’s Apoyo Caldera, now a lake. Credit: Steffen Kutterolf/GEOMAR

Eruptions release bromine, a chemical that destroys ozone layer

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