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Let’s Vow to Heal the Ozone Hole by 2050, On This World Ozone Day

Satya Sivani — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 14:04:48 +0000

Three decades back, news had it that a hole appeared in the Ozone layer over Antarctica. The world shivered with fear. All the Countries responded quickly and the result is the Montreal protocol,1987, to ban ozone-depleting chemicals such as CFCs. Scientists say that the efforts that are being put since 1995 in restoring the Ozone […]

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Southern Africa Experiences Warming Due to Hole in Ozone Layer

Adele Hall — Tue, 15 Oct 2013 06:15:05 +0000

Researchers have found reason to believe the southern tip of Africa is abnormally warm due to the ozone hole over Antarctica. In the journal Nature Geoscience, the research team shows how the ozone hole is causing wind patterns to change and that is causing the abnormal warming of the African continent. Every summer, Africa is […]

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The Impact of the Ozone Hole on the Environment

Mila Luleva — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 18:23:36 +0000

Carbon dioxide already released into the atmosphere will have influence on temperatures and climate patterns for many years to come, even if emissions are brought down to zero right this moment. The perfect example for this is the ozone hole over Antarctica. Although the problem that caused it seemed small at first, the consequences are […]

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Good News: 2012 Antarctic Ozone Hole Area 2nd Smallest For the Past 20 Years

Janina Lazo-Cruz — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 03:04:43 +0000

According to the ozone monitoring data of NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the average area Antarctic ozone hole this year is second to the smallest in the past 20 years. Not only that, but the minimum ozone concentration at the center of the hole is second to the largest in the past […]

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Lowering Antarctic Ozone Layer Hole Could Increase Melting of Glaciers

Ovidiu Sandru — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:34:50 +0000

The much-feared ozone layer hole over the Antarctic is slowly but steadily closing, but scientists realized that while it had been open, it kept the carbon-induced heat from melting the Antarctic glaciers.

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