A new study published in the journal Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics reveals a 17-year delay in the projected recovery of ...

The findings of Ravishankara and colleagues 3 have re-opened the debate on how best to safeguard the ozone layer. Calculations of nitrous oxide emissions, their attribution to specific sectors ...

The ozone layer - which is on track for recovery - protects against harmful ultraviolet rays from the sun Human action to save the ozone layer has worked as hoped, and it may recover in just ...

"We believe that if we carry on with these emissions we'll delay the recovery of the layer," said Dr Oram. "At the moment an average date for ozone recovery could be about 2050 but there are ...

This requires a steadfast commitment to reducing greenhouse-gas emissions and protecting biodiversity and water resources. There was a time, not so long ago, when the depletion of Earth’s ozone layer ...

Laurence Rouil, director of CAMS, says: 'Hopefully, we will see the first signs of recovery of the ozone hole in the coming decades.' The ozone layer is a thin layer of ozone gas – a molecule ...

NAIROBI, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) -- Recovery of the ozone layer could be realized in the next four decades amid rapid phase-out of chemicals that are responsible for depleting this sensitive part of the ...

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Image courtesy of NOAA Climate.gov Oct. 30 (UPI) --A hole in the atmosphere's ozone layer is the seventh-smallest since recovery began in 1992, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ...

The ozone layer is a precious thing, helping protect the Earth from the harshest of the sun’s radiative output. If anything were to damage this layer, we’d all feel the results in a very short ...