In one of the great environmental success stories of our time, scientists say that a 35-year-old agreement has resulted in the steady and promising recovery of the Earth's ozone layer, a critical ...
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How Humanity Saved the Ozone Layer
On May 16, 1985, a shocking announcement revealed a massive hole in the ozone layer above Antarctica, raising concerns about a possible increase in skin cancer and a global temperature rise of up to 2 ...
COLUMBIA, S.C. — The ozone layer is important for life on Earth because it absorbs most of the sun’s harmful ultraviolet radiation. It was in 1985 when a hole in the ozone was found over Antarctica, a ...
The ozone layer — the atmospheric shield that prevents harmful ultraviolet light from reaching the Earth’s surface — is on track to recover, United Nations (U.N.) scientists said on Monday. In the ...
The Earth's ozone layer is on its way to recovering, thanks to decades of work to get rid of ozone-damaging chemicals, a panel of international experts backed by the United Nations has found. The ...
Earth’s protective ozone layer is on track to fully recover from human-made damage following the near total phasing out of ozone-depleting substances, according to a UN-backed report. The Earth’s ...
IN 1985 SCIENTISTS discovered an area over Antarctica where the layer of stratospheric ozone, which protects Earth from ultraviolet radiation, had become dangerously thin. That chlorine from ...
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