The Weatherhood forecast for Tuesday, December 3, is for a mix of sun and cloud in the qathet region with little chance of ...

When Mrs Thatcher, a chemist, was made aware of the ozone holes and countries signed the 1987 Montreal Protocol protecting us all from ...

Nov. 21, 2023 — Despite public perception, the Antarctic ozone hole has been remarkably massive and long-lived over the past four years; researchers believe chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs ...

During this year’s peak ozone depletion season (September 7-October 13), the ozone hole above the Antarctic was ranked the ...

While pollution from burnt-up satellites high up in the atmosphere is seemingly a distant concern for humans, it might lead ...

Public concern over environmental issues has driven demand for products that minimise harm to, or positively affect, the ...

In 2015, scientists at NASA predicted that the Ozone Hole would be half closed by 2020. That hasn’t happened. Other ...

Harmful greenhouse gases come from many places, and reducing them is crucial in the fight against global warming.

The ozone hole over Antarctica is the seventh smallest it’s been since the early 1990s. Recovery began with the Montreal Protocol, which ended the production of all chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) in 1987.

In 1974, Mario Molina and Sherwood Rowland published a paper in Nature detailing the effects of chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) gasses on atmospheric ozone. The paper pointed out that CFCs, which were ...

In Greek mythology, Prometheus is credited with giving humans fire as well as the "spark" that spurred civilization. One of ...