In the 1980s, the world came together to ban CFCs, commonly used chemicals that were destroying the atmosphere’s ozone layer. "The disaster was in terms of food. Crops that couldn't be grown ...

Under certain circumstances, the researchers write, small decreases in the ozone layer could now save lives. “There can be these strange, unexpected ripple effects that have substantial ...

It's been 40 years since groundbreaking research announced the discovery of a hole in the ozone layer, a revelation that launched a rapid and successful effort to ban chemicals in hairspray ...

Efforts to save the ozone layer have helped slow climate change because many ODS's are potent greenhouse gases. The Montreal Protocol has avoided an estimated 135 billion tons of carbon dioxide ...

The researchers say there is no direct evidence that the ozone layer is recovering. But, they add, the stabilizing of CFC concentrations in the lower atmosphere means that such a recovery is assured.

It's been 40 years since groundbreaking research announced the discovery of a hole in the ozone layer, a revelation that launched a rapid and successful effort to ban chemicals in hairspray ...

Published in Nature, Sherwood Rowland and Mario Molina's research linked CFCs to the depletion of Earth's ozone layer. Initially utilized for their stability and nontoxic properties, CFCs were ...

SINGAPORE, Sept 17 (Reuters) - The world's ozone layer is on "the road to long-term recovery" despite a destructive volcanic eruption in the South Pacific, the World Meteorological Organization ...