Despite a global ban in place since 2010, atmospheric concentrations of five ozone-depleting chemicals have reached a record high. Chlorofluorocarbons are entirely man-made gases used in a variety of ...

The rate at which ozone is being destroyed in the upper stratosphere is slowing, and the levels of ozone-destroying chlorine in that layer of the atmosphere have peaked and are going down -- the first ...

For the first time a Chemistry-Climate Model (CCM) has been used to assess the impact of unexpected emissions of chlorofluorocarbon-11 (CFC-11, CFCl 3) on the stratospheric ozone layer (Dameris et al.

From high above the South Pole, Earth’s ozone hole can affect rainfall as far away as the tropics, scientists have found. Thinning ozone causes weather patterns to shift southward across the Southern ...

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Researchers have rebuilt the ozone column trends recorded between 1978 and 2008 that rise up over the Iberian Peninsula. The results highlight the influence that the prohibition of aerosols and ...

Data from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) shows that the ozone hole for the fall maximum season grew 22 percent from 2014 to 2015. World consumption of ozone depleting ...

In one of the great environmental success stories of our time, scientists say that a 35-year-old agreement has resulted in the steady and promising recovery of the Earth's ozone layer, a critical ...

Iran is responsible for the consumption of 2 percent of the ozone-depleting contributory substances mainly used in cooling units which totals some 5,000 tons per annum, Ebrahim Hajizadeh said, IRIB ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will complete its phase-out of all inhaler medical products containing chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) by Dec. 31, 2013. This effort is to comply with an international ...