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Portland Tribune
January 18, 2018
So, being a playwright, about eight years ago Lewis set out to write a play about the scientists, Antarctica and the ozone layer. A truly epic product, "Magellanica," was the result, and it'll finally be debuted at Artists Repertory Theatre, Jan. 20-Feb. 18, as part of the Fertile Ground Festival of New Works.
The New Times
January 16, 2018
Global warming refers to the general increase of temperature on the earth's surface. Global warming has different causes and effects on people, animals and plants in general. In this article, I will be talking about many of the processes and things that lead to global warming which include ozone layerÃÂ ...
Mental Floss
January 15, 2018
The ozone layer is on the mend, thanks to a decrease in human-produced chemicals called chlorofluorocarbons, or CFCs, in the atmosphere. Using data from NASA's Aura satellite, scientists were able to measure the chemical composition of the thinned gas layer above the Antarctic and found about 20ÃÂ ...
Sputnik International
January 15, 2018
According to the study, the ozone layer is slowly replenishing, as chlorine levels in the atmosphere decline at about one percent each year. Scientists believe that this has become possible thanks to the Montreal Protocol that banned the use of chlorine fluoride carbons, (CFCs) a class of substances used inÃÂ ...
Space.com
January 8, 2018
Earth's ozone layer protects the planet's surface from some of the sun's more harmful rays that can cause cancer and cataracts in humans, and damage plant life, according to NASA. In the mid-1980s, researchers identified a massive hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica and determined that it had beenÃÂ ...
euronews
January 6, 2018
The hole in the ozone layer has shrunk thanks to a worldwide ban on damaging chemicals, according to NASA scientists. In a study published this week, scientists found that a decline in levels of ozone-destroying chlorine had resulted in a 20 percent decrease in ozone depletion during the winter monthsÃÂ ...
Space Daily
December 17, 2017
Each year, ozone-depleting compounds in the upper atmosphere destroy the protective ozone layer, and in particular above Antarctica. The ozone layer acts as Earth's sunscreen by absorbing harmful ultraviolet radiation from incoming sunlight that can cause skin cancer and damage plants, among otherÃÂ ...
SYFY WIRE (blog)
December 17, 2017
When NASA isn't blasting off rockets, hypothesizing about aliens or dreaming up ways for humans to survive on Mars, some of the most critical issues the space agency investigates are right here on Earth. Emissions that deplete the ozone layer continue to be of more concern as chemicals unleashed intoÃÂ ...
Guardian (blog)
December 31, 1999
Earth's ozone layer acts like a sunscreen, shielding the planet from potentially harmful Ultra Violet (UV) radiation that can cause skin cancer, cataracts, and damage wildlife. Since 2005, NASA has permanently monitored the hole in the ozone layer with its Aura satellite. Ozone depletion occurs in coldÃÂ ...
The Independent
December 31, 1999
Scientists have welcomed the news that the hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica has shrunk and suggested that similar solutions could be found to deal with climate change and other environmental issues. Nasa confirmed the news after a new study looked directly at ozone-destroying chemicals in theÃÂ ...
Futurism
November 5, 2017
In a rare scientific triumph, the hole in the ozone layer has just about returned to the size it was at the time of the protocol's signing: at its peak ...
Smithsonian
November 4, 2017
Yesterday, NASA announced that the annual “hole” in the ozone layer over Antarctica was the smallest they've measured since 1988. Ground and balloon ...
Daily Press
November 3, 2017
NASA's new SAGE III instrument launched to the International Space Station in February, set to detect whether Earth's ozone layer is healing ...
Phys.Org
November 3, 2017
Sunrise over the Earth. Hydrofluorocarbons were created to protect the ozone layer, but their stable nature makes them an extremely potent ...
Eos
October 27, 2017
But over some regions of Asia, these chemicals may be on a fast track to the ozone layer. Steam and smoke from a factory in China Water vapor ...
The Sentinel
October 26, 2017
The global environmental accord called The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer is a case in point. Its key objective ...
The Express Tribune
October 26, 2017
... with the Climate Change Ministry to completely phase out the use of ozone-layer-depleting substances in the country in line with the Montreal ...
The Ecologist
October 17, 2017
Increasing emissions of ozone-destroying chemicals are threatening the recovery of the ozone layer – according to new research from the ...
AOL
October 14, 2017
After 30 years, the Earth's ozone layer seems to have stabilized. But it's not showing any signs of recovering from the damage chemicals did to ...
The Inquisitr
October 14, 2017
It has been more than three decades since a hole was discovered in Earth's ozone layer. While the layer seems to have stabilized to a certain ...
Newsweek
October 13, 2017
The air pollution being produced in China and its neighbors may hurt the ozone layer more than scientists had realized. Kevin Frayer/Getty ...
euronews
October 12, 2017
The ozone layer is no longer degrading, scientists told Euronews ahead of the launch of the European Space Agency's Sentinel-5P satellite, ...
Graphic Online
October 9, 2017
He said apart from that, Ghana was party to the 1989 Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer, “and subsequently signed ...
Ghana News Agency
October 7, 2017
However, under the Montreal Protocol, countries, including Ghana are to work to ensure that the ozone layer is protected from the ultra-violence ...
The Hans India
October 1, 2017
The population of vertebrate species on Earth in the wild saw a dramatic fall of about 30% between 1970 and 2006, with the worst effects being ...
National Geographic
September 25, 2017
The Earth's ozone layer would have collapsed by 2050 with catastrophic consequences without the Montreal Protocol, studies have shown.
The News Minute
September 23, 2017
The treaty, signed on September 16, 1987, is slowly but surely reversing the damage caused to the ozone layer by industrial gases such as ...
GreenBiz
September 19, 2017
The ozone layer is a long-standing natural feature of the stratosphere, the part of the atmosphere that begins about 6 miles above the earth.
UN News Centre
September 16, 2017
Share. Print. 16 September 2017 – Commemorating the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, senior United Nations officials, including ...
The Hindu
September 16, 2017
Green drive: Chief Conservator of Forests Rahul Pandey planting a sapling to mark Ozone Day in Visakhapatnam on Saturday.
The Conversation UK
September 15, 2017
The 1987 treaty that stopped the pollution causing a hole in the ozone layer is rightly seen as a major success story. It's arguably the most ...
The Conversation AU
September 14, 2017
The treaty, signed on September 16, 1987, is slowly but surely reversing the damage caused to the ozone layer by industrial gases such as ...
Phys.Org
September 12, 2017
This week marks the 30th anniversary of the signing of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. The signing of the ...
Chemical & Engineering News
December 31, 1999
The treaty and its revisions have reduced atmospheric concentrations of the problematic chemicals so that the ozone layer, which reached a ...
New York Times
December 31, 1999
His initial research trip there was in 1986; in September 1987, convinced of a human cause of ozone-layer depletion, world leaders finalized ...
Moneylife
December 31, 1999
The global environmental accord called The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer is a case in point. Its key objective ...
UNDP
September 21, 2017
Actions to protect the ozone layer have also significantly contributed to climate change mitigation. Since the ozone depleting substancesÃÂ ...
GreenBiz
September 19, 2017
The ozone layer is a long-standing natural feature of the stratosphere, the part of the atmosphere that begins about 6 miles above the earth.
The Hindu
September 18, 2017
Forest Minister K.Raju has called for enhanced public awareness about the risks posed by the depletion of the ozone layer. Inaugurating aÃÂ ...
Eastern Mirror
September 17, 2017
However industrialisation has been severely affecting the natural system of this Ozone layer, according to Prof N Rajmuhon Singh of ManipurÃÂ ...
Free Press Journal
September 17, 2017
The street play on “Save Ozone Layer” were performed in front of Top 'N Town, New Market at and DB Mall by child artists of Jawahar BalÃÂ ...
Deccan Chronicle
September 17, 2017
Bengaluru: Driving home the seriousness of the threat posed by a depleting ozone layer , chairman of the Karnataka State Pollution ControlÃÂ ...
The Hindu
September 17, 2017
Green drive: Chief Conservator of Forests Rahul Pandey planting a sapling to mark Ozone Day in Visakhapatnam on Saturday.
UN News Centre
September 17, 2017
16 September 2017 – Commemorating the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, senior United Nations officials, includingÃÂ ...
The Conversation AU
September 15, 2017
The treaty, signed on September 16, 1987, is slowly but surely reversing the damage caused to the ozone layer by industrial gases such asÃÂ ...
Hindustan Times
September 13, 2017
The bad news is that some scientists believe this layer is capable of creating the kind of hole in the Earth's ozone layer that currently exists overÃÂ ...
The News International
September 12, 2017
Islamabad :International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer will be observed on September 16 across the globe. This eventÃÂ ...
Phys.Org
September 12, 2017
This week marks the 30th anniversary of the signing of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. The signing of theÃÂ ...
Futurism
August 30, 2017
Among other things, the stratosphere is home to the ozone layer, which absorbs most of the sun's harmful ultraviolet radiation. It's also able toÃÂ ...
IFLScience
August 21, 2017
Back in 1987, the world came together to sign the Montreal Protocol, which aimed to sew up the gigantic hole in the ozone layer aboveÃÂ ...
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