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Sherwood Rowland, ozone defender, has died

Sherwood Rowland, the Nobel prize winner, who demonstrated that the ozone layer could be destroyed by chemical pollutants, has died aged 84.

In the Media by Tim Sandle - 1 comment

Arctic ozone layer depletion reaches record level

Geneva - The ozone layer's depletion over the Arctic region reached an unprecedented level this spring, due to lingering ozone-depleting substances and extreme cold winter temperatures in the stratosphere, the UN’s weather agency reported this week.

In the Media by Lynn Herrmann - 2 comments

Op-Ed: Artificial Recovery of The Ozone Hole

The overall process by which the Ozone Layer protects planet Earth from harmful ultraviolet radiations shows that depleted parts of the ozone hole can be replaced artificially. Part of the process is what this opinion news article seek to explain.

In the Media by David Stephen - 2 comments

South America exposed to more UV light in 2009 due to ozone hole

A shift in the ozone hole located above Antarctica has caused dangerous UV light exposure over South America. Many people potentially exposed to abnormally high levels of UV light.

In the Media by Amanda Tennis - 1 comment

Hole in ozone layer causes Earth to experience cooling

A group of British scientists from the British Antarctic Survey have discovered this week that the ozone layer hole is cooling down the Earth and protecting Antarctica from melting.

In the Media by Andrew Moran - 2 comments

Thinning Ozone Layer Signals Environmental Destruction

This is about the thinning ozone layer and its effect on the environment. The ozone hole continues to widen because of indescriminate use of materials that are not environment-friendly

In the Media by Leo Reyes - 1 comment

Op-Ed: The Hole in the Hole in the Ozone Layer

NOTE: Dear Reader, the purpose of what follows is NOT to claim that there is not a certain vital part of the Earth's atmosphere called "the ozone layer", but rather to express doubt about the environmentally loaded phrase "the ozone HOLE".

In the Media by Brant David McLaughlin - 9 comments

Montreal Protocol Brings World Together To Protect Ozone Layer

Today marks the start of the United Nation’s Environment Programme (UNEP) Montreal Protocol. Environment officials from around the world hope to reach an agreement on new steps to further protect the ozone layer.

In the Media by Nathalie Caron - 1 comment

Ozone Over Antarctica Depleting Faster Than Ever Before

Each year the ozone layer sheltering Antarctica suffers depletion, as the polar night comes to a draw. However, the UN has found that this year, the hole in the ozone appeared sooner than ever before.

In the Media by Nathalie Caron - 4 comments

Ozone layer nearing record size

hole over Antarctica's ozone layer is bigger than last year and is nearing the record of 29-million-square-km

In the Media by mrkkbb - 11 comments

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Ozone pioneer Rowland dies at 84

The death is announced of the US chemistry professor who first suspected that the Earth's ozone layer was being depleted by man-made chemicals.

Ozone warning pioneer dies at 84

F. Sherwood Rowland, the Nobel Prize-winning chemist who sounded the alarm on the thinning of the Earth's ozone layer and crusaded against the use of man-made chemicals that were harming earth's atmospheric blanket, has died. He was 84.

Stain-shedding coating gets tough

Chemists devise a means to coat cotton fabrics with durable "super-hydrophobic" layers that repel water and stains alike.

Fishy Business: Industry Tipping Scales?

The National Marine Fisheries Service wants to make sure that the pricey pound of scallops you buy is indeed a pound of scallops. Although layering fish with ice — “overglazing,” and plumping up scallops with a sodium-based solution — “soaking,” are acceptable practices in the...

How Pollen is Affecting Your Pet

Springtime brings flowers and warmth. But along with all the benefits of the season come the dreaded symptoms of allergies. Eyes water, noses run and a layer of yellow pollen seems to coat everything in sight. And it turns out even pets are affected. Vets...