A rapidly growing rocket industry could undo decades of work to save the ozone layer -- unless we act now

By Laura Revell, Associate Professor in Environmental Physics, University of Canterbury
Michele Bannister, Senior Lecturer in Astronomy, School of Physical and Chemical Sciences Te Kura Matū, University of Canterbury
Tyler Brown, Researcher, School of Physical and Chemical Sciences Te Kura Matū, University of Canterbury

Rocket emissions in the upper atmosphere can damage the ozone layer but are neither measured nor regulated. It’s a policy gap we have to close if the space industry is to grow sustainably.

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