Ozone layer

Study Shows How We United to Save The Environment

Posted in Featured, Science on 19th Aug, 2017
by Alex Muller

The historic 1987 treaty to fight the hole in the ozone layer was an international success story.

Mysterious new man-made gases pose threat to ozone layer

Posted in Science on 9th Mar, 2014
by Alex Muller

Dealing with the hole in the ozone layer has been one of the most successful international science projects.

Ozone hole still needs over 50 years to heal

Posted in Science on 27th Dec, 2013
by Alex Muller

The Earths ozone layer is important because it filters out much of the suns harmful UV radiation. Without it, we humans would fry.

NASA says ozone hole stabilizing but won't fully recover until 2070

Posted in Science on 14th Dec, 2013
by Alex Muller

The assessment comes two decades after the Montreal Protocol, the treaty that banned chlorofluorocarbons and other compounds that deplete the ozone layer.