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Pathways to research: Problem-solving

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Young researchers can become local heroes for taking on projects that help their friends and neighbors

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Venting volcanoes

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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Indoor ozone stopper

Oils from human skin fight off this harmful chemical, but at a cost.

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A gassy threat from above

In Earth’s atmosphere, nitrous oxide threatens the ozone layer

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