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The Tonga Eruption injected water vapour into the stratosphere, temporarily altering global atmospheric chemistryA massive underwater volcano eruption near Tonga in 2022 sent a huge amount of water vapor into the stratosphere. This event, unlike typica...
The Ozone hole has shown measurable long-term recovery following the Montreal ProtocolEarth's protective ozone layer is showing clear signs of recovery, a testament to the success of the 1987 Montreal Protocol. Scientists con...
Antarctic Ozone Hole Shrinks to Smallest Since 2019, Scientists SayThe Antarctic ozone hole has shrunk to its smallest and shortest-lived size since 2019, offering encouraging evidence that international ef...
Ozone layer on track to return to 1980s levels by mid-century, says WMO reportA new WMO report indicates the Earth's ozone layer is recovering, projected to reach 1980s levels by mid-century, thanks to the Montreal Pr...
World Ozone Day 2025: Significance, origins, theme this year - everything you need to knowWorld Ozone Day, observed annually on September 16th, highlights the ozone layer's vital role in protecting Earth from harmful UV radiation...
Ozone layer on track to return to 1980s levels by mid-century, says WMO reportA new WMO report indicates the ozone layer is healing, potentially reaching 1980s levels by mid-century, thanks to the Montreal Protocol's ...
How one American inventor unknowingly unleashed two of the planet’s greatest environmental disastersThomas Midgley Jr. revolutionized the 20th century with inventions like leaded petrol and CFCs, solving industrial challenges of his time. ...
Ozone layer on road to recovery despite volcano eruption, UN weather body saysThe World Meteorological Organization reports that the ozone layer is on track for long-term recovery, despite a brief depletion due to a v...
Antarctica's Ozone hole grows to record size, worrying expertsNew observations from the Copernicus Sentinel 5P Satellite show that the ozone hole over Antarctica is expanding rapidly, reaching unpreced...
Ozone-depleting CFCs hit record despite ban: StudyTheir power to dissolve the ozone layer shielding Earth from the Sun prompted a worldwide ban, but scientists on Monday revealed that some ...
Earth’s Ozone layer is recovering as damaging chemicals phased out
2019 ozone hole is the smallest on record: NASAThe annual ozone hole reached its peak extent of 16.4 million square kilometers on September 8, and then shrank to less than 10 million squ...
Antarctic Ozone hole is healing: IIT Kharagpur studyWhile the world is debating on climate change and global warming, the findings by CORAL researchers have given environmentalists a reason t...
- Ozone-destroying chemical emissions on rise despite ban
Washington, May 17 (IANS) Emissions of one of the chemicals that can cause hole in the ozone layer are on the rise, despite an internationa...
Delhi's air toxic in summer too: ReportsThe System of Air Quality Weather Forecasting and Research, reports the daily average PM2.5 levels going up from 80 micrograms per cubic me...
New ozone-destroying gases on the rise: StudyThe ozone layer faces a new threat as certain chemicals that are not controlled by a United Nations treaty designed to prevent ozone deplet...
India staring at ozone trouble, says Pune scientistCity-based scientist Gufran Beig said the Earth's protective ozone layer is on track to recovery in the next few decades.
Ozone layer on track to recovery, says UN reportEarth's protective ozone layer is well on track to recovery in the next few decades according to a new UN report.
- Ozone layer that started depleting in 1980s healing
The protective ozone layer that started depleting heavily in the 1980’s is on a recovery mode according to a new assessment by 300 scientis...
- UN report on laughing gas underlines climate risk
The United Nation Environment Programme (UNEP) on Thursday released an eye-opening report on side-lines of the on-going climate talks, warn...