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Ozone Layer on Track for Full Recovery, WMO Report Says

Earth’s ozone layer — damaged in the 1970s and 1980s by ozone-depleting substances — is continuing to recover well, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO)’s newest Ozone and UV Bulletin, released to coincide with World Ozone Day. By Cristen Hemingway…

Efforts to Protect Ozone Layer a ‘Huge Global Success,’ Scientists Say

An international team of scientists say efforts to protect the ozone layer have been a “huge global success,” with damaging atmospheric gases declining more quickly than expected. By Cristen Hemingway Jaynes According to the new study, the total amount of chlorine — which…

Ozone-Depleting CFCs Return

In August of 1987, the world came together after a panic-attack over ongoing depletion of atmospheric ozone, aka: The Ozone Hole.  Subsequently, global agreements to stop ozone depletion became the first ever “universally ratified treaties in UN history.” The world…

Ozone Layer on Track to Recover by Middle Century But Remains Threatened

  Human Wrongs Watch That is according to the assessment of 300 scientists in the summary document of the Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion 2014, published by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO).* “International action…