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If there were life forms on other planets, the aliens can detect us through our tangible presence on Earth that leaves ‘traces that could be observed from afar.’ The chemicals known as CFCs emitted from Earth will make the planet detectable to aliens because CFCs ‘strongly absorb infrared light at characteristic wavelengths, making them detectable [...]

The Goddard Space Flight Center of NASA simulated the consequences of a world without ozone. In the agency’s experiment, findings disclosed that nearly two-thirds of the terrestrial ozone would be gone by 2065, across the globe and not only over Antarctica and the North Pole. Ultraviolet (UV) radiation (up to 650 percent) would be such that sunburn [...]