The ozone layer’s most famous wound opened over Antarctica, but the damage may have started much earlier, and somewhere else ...
Scientists discovered the ozone hole in 1985, but if they'd had the atmospheric monitoring capabilities of today, they could ...
Since the 1985 discovery of a hole in the ozone layer countries have agreed and amended treaties to aid its recovery. The most notable of these is the Montreal protocol on substances that deplete the ...
Research indicates that industrial chemicals like carbon tetrachloride could have shown detectable ozone loss years before ...
Concentrations of gas were continuously raised in Europe during June hot spell, with potentially deadly effects ...
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Humankind's depletion of the ozone layer started in the 1950s, way earlier than thought
In 1985, scientists “accidentally” discovered a yawning hole in the ozone layer above Antarctica. Initial research suggested ...
Satellites and spacecraft burning up in our atmosphere are leaving metal particles in the stratosphere — and scientists are worried it could harm our planet. About 10% of the particles floating around ...
Two-thirds of the European Union's population may have been exposed to harmful levels of ozone pollution during last month's ...
Atmospheric ozone, a trace gas present in both the stratosphere and the troposphere, exerts critical influence on climate, human health and ecosystem function. In the stratosphere, it forms a ...
New research reveals ozone in the lower atmosphere in particular contributed to warming in the Southern Ocean - which absorbs much of the planet's excess heat - more than previously realized. The ...
A greater number of large “planetary sized waves” in the atmosphere that move from the lower atmosphere into the upper atmosphere were responsible for the smaller Antarctic ozone hole this fall, ...
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