Effect of nearby supernova explosions on atmospheric ozone
Abstract
WE have calculated the probable effects of a nearby supernova event on the ozone layer. We find that the effects are significant and long lasting, but are relatively rare at the location of the Earth in the Galaxy.
- Publication:
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Nature
- Pub Date:
- September 1976
- DOI:
- 10.1038/263398a0
- Bibcode:
- 1976Natur.263..398W
- Keywords:
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- Ozone Depletion;
- Ozonosphere;
- Radiation Effects;
- Stratosphere;
- Supernovae;
- Atmospheric Chemistry;
- Atmospheric Models;
- Cosmic Rays;
- Gamma Rays;
- Long Term Effects;
- Geophysics