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  • February 16 2015-
    New
    ozone-destroying gases on the rise


  • November 17 2014-The ozone hole leaves a lasting
    impression on southern climate


  • November 1 2014-The Ozone Hole Reaches South America
    2014


  • October 30, 2014 NOAA-
    Antarctic
    ozone hole similar to last year


  • October 14 2014 Solar activity impacts polar ozone


  • 10 September 2014
    -Ozone Layer on Track to
    Recovery: Success Story Should Encourage Action on Climate


  • April 3, 2014- Hole over tropical West Pacific
    reinforcing ozone depletion in polar regions


  • January 27 2014 Antarctic ozone recovery will be a long and bumpy road


  • December 19, 2013 Ozone’s Long Path to Recovery 


  • Dec. 11, 2013 NASA Reveals New Results From Inside the Ozone Hole


  • Oct. 25, 2013
    Antarctic Ozone Hole Slightly Smaller than Average This
    Year


  • Oct. 20, 2013
    NASA, NOAA
    Data Show Significant Antarctic Ozone Hole Remains


  • Oct. 21, 2013 Encouraging information from this year’s observations of the
    Antarctic ozone hole


  • August 8 2013-Ozone hole might slightly warm
    planet


  • March 11 2013-
    NASA
    Pinpoints Causes of 2011 Arctic Ozone Hole


  • October 24,2012-From Discovery, To Solution, To
    Evolution: Observing Earth’s Ozone Layer


  • October 24,2012-2012 Antarctic Ozone Hole Second
    Smallest in 20 Years


  • October 24,2012-NOAA, NASA: Antarctic ozone hole
    second smallest in 20 years


  • September 18,2012-Watching the Ozone Hole Before and
    After the Montreal Protocol


  • September 17,2012-Discovering the Ozone Hole: Q&A With
    Pawan Bhartia


  • July 11,2012-2012’s ozone hole season starts


  • June 12,2012-
    Air
    pollution may be driving expansion of tropics


  • June 12,2012-
    Volcanic
    gases could deplete ozone layer


  • April 12,2012
    NOAA
    ice data support new discoveries in the Arctic Changes in sea ice drive
    ozone loss, mercury fallout


  • March 27,2012-
    NRL
    Scientists Identify New Coupling Mode Between Stratosphere and Ionosphere


  • January 18,2012
    Low
    Temperatures Enhance Ozone Degradation above the Arctic


  • November 4, 2011-
    Does
    the ocean affect the ozone layer?


  • October 20, 2011-NOAA, NASA: Significant ozone
    hole remains over Antarctica


  • October 20-Ozone Depletion a
    Bigger Deal Down Under


  • October 18 2011-
    Unusually
    Chilly Stratosphere Behind 2011’s Record Arctic Ozone Hole


  • 11 October 2011-
    Astrophysics
    and Extinctions: News About Planet-Threatening Events


  • 2 October 2011-
    NASA
    Leads Study Of Unprecedented Arctic Ozone Loss


  • September 27, 2011-The Ozone Hole Reaches South
    America


  • September 16, 2011-Whither the ozone hole? 


  • Aug. 29, 2011-Mysteries of ozone
    depletion continue 25 years after the discovery of the Antarctic
    ozone hole


  • 21 April 2011- Study Links Ozone Hole to
    Broader Climate Change


  • 14 March 2011-Arctic on the verge of
    record ozone loss


  • 1 February 2011
    -Ozone
    Hole through the years


  •  November 2010-Whales suffer from sunburn


  • 24 October 2010-Ocean Asteroid Impact Could
    Deplete Earth’s Protective Ozone Layer


  • 16 September 2010
    NEW REPORT
    HIGHLIGHTS TWO-WAY LINK BETWEEN OZONE LAYER AND CLIMATE CHANGE


  • 17 August 2010

    The Ozone Hole…It’s Still There!


  • 26 July  2010

    Key Compound of Ozone Destruction Detected


  • 28 April  2010-NASA Study Sheds Light
    on Ozone Hole Chemistry


  • 2 December 2009-
    Wandering
    Ozone Hole in November 2009


  • 1 December 2009-

    Antarctica may heat up dramatically as ozone hole repairs


  • 17 November 2009-Significant
    Ozone Hole Remains Over Antarctica


  • 21 September 2009
    Ozone layer depletion leveling off


  • 27 Aug 2009

    NOAA Study Shows Nitrous Oxide Now Top Ozone-Depleting Emission


  • 22 June 2009 The ozone hole reduces atmospheric
    CO2 uptake in the Southern Ocean


  • 18 June 2009
    -Exploding
    Stars: Is Earth at Risk?


  • 21 April 2009-
    Increasing
    Antarctic sea ice extent linked to the ozone hole


  • 31 March 2009-Rocket Launches May Need
    Regulation to Prevent Ozone Depletion


  • 23 March 2009-UW prof says cyclic ozone hole
    proves cosmic ray theory


  • 18 March 2009-Consequences of a World Without
    Earth’s Natural Sunscreen


  • 13 February 2009-The ocean less effective at
    absorbing CO2 emitted by human activity


  • 3 November 2008 2008 Sees Fifth Largest Ozone
    Hole


  • 30 August 2008

    WMO Antarctic Ozone Bulletin No 1 / 2008


  • 17 August 2008

    Man In The Ozone Hole ?


  • 10 June 2008-Ozone Hole’s Closing Could
    Affect Climate


  • 2 May 2008-
    Arctic,
    Antarctic: Poles Apart in Climate Response


  • 24 April 2008 New
    ozone-measuring programme at Ushuaia


  •  24 April 2008
    Stratospheric Injections to Counter Global Warming Could Damage
    Ozone Layer 


  • 24 April 2008
    Ozone Hole Recovery May Reshape Southern Hemisphere Climate Change


  • 7 April 2008
    Nuclear
    Conflict Would Create Near-Global Ozone Hole


  • 8 March 2008


    -Stratospheric ozone  and atmospheric airflow patterns


  • R.I.P. TOMS: NASA Ozone Instrument Laid to Rest After Three Decades


  • Recent International Developments in Saving the Ozone Layer


  • Dual benefits Montreal Protocol: protecting Ozone layer and Climate


  • 27 January 2008
    -Ozone
    hole discoverer issues another global warning


  • 1 November 2007-Antarctic Ozone Hole Returns
    to Near Average Levels


  • 3 October 2007

    -The “ozone hole” is not shrinking


  • 3 October 2007
    2007
    ozone hole ‘smaller than usual’ 


  • 28 September 2007
    -Uncertainty
    in polar ozone depletion?


  • 26 September 2007
    -Ozone
    hole looms large, but not as big as it was


  • 24 September 2007
    New
    Book-Technology Transfer for the Ozone Layer Lessons for Climate 


  • 22 September 2007
    -Governments
    Agree to Accelerated ‘Freeze and Phase-out” of Ozone and
    Climate-Damaging Chemicals


  • 17 September 2007

    -The Montreal Protocol and the Kyoto Protocol mutually supportive


  • 16 September 2007
    -The
    twentieth anniversary of the Montreal Protocol Celebrating 20 Years
    of Progress


  • 14 September 2007

    -Ozone Treaty’s Role in Combating Climate Change


  • 13 September 2007
    NASA
    Keeps Eye on Ozone Layer Amid Montreal Protocol’s Success


  • 11 September 2007
    -2007
    Antarctic Ozone Hole off to a Robust Start Over South Pole


  • 26 July 2007
    New
    clues to ozone depletion


  • 1 May 2007

    EPA Honors Climate and Ozone
    Protection Award Winners


  • 16 March 2007-
    Adjustments
    to the Montreal Protocol Would Speed Elimination of Ozone-depleting
    Substances


  • 9 March 2007-
    The
    importance of the Montreal Protocol in protecting climate 


  •  9 March 2007-
    Montreal
    Protocol also has slowed global warming by years


  • 5 March 2007
    -Dual
    benefits ozone protocol: protecting Ozone layer and Climate


  • 2 Februay 2007-
    ‘Double
    Record Breaker’ 2006 Antarctic Ozone Hole seen by MLS


  • 8 November 2006

    Volcanic aerosol clouds and gases lead to ozone destruction


  • 19 October 2006

    NASA and NOAA Announce Ozone Hole is a Double Record Breaker


  • 2 October 2006

    Record ozone loss during 2006 over South Pole


  • 28 September 2006-
    Upper
    Stratospheric winds increase ozone-depleting gases


  • 26 September 2006
    -Updates
    on The Ozone Hole 2006


  • 22 September 2006-
    Antarctic
    ozone hole nears record: U.N. agency 


  • 16 September 2006-

    UN Secretary-General Kofi
    Annan on the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone
    Layer

     

     


  • 15 September 2006
    20
    Year Anniversary of the discovery of the cause of The Ozone Hole

     

     


  • 04 September 2006-
    Tackling
    Illegal Trade in Ozone-depleting Substances and Dangerous Waste

     

     


  • 30 August 2006-
    NASA,
    NOAA Data Indicate Ozone Layer is Recovering

    30 August 2006-Earth’s
    Ozone Shield Shows Signs of Recovery

     


  • 18 August 2006 –
    The
    ozone over the Antarctic should recover by 2065, 15 years later than
    once expected.

     


  • 29 June 2006-
    SCIENTISTS
    FIND ANTARCTIC OZONE HOLE TO RECOVER LATER THAN EXPECTED

     

     


  • 3 May 2006-
    Ozone
    Recovering, But Unlikely To Stabilize At Pre-1980 Levels, Says
    CU-Boulder Study

     


  • 10 April 2006-
    Satellite
    instrument helps tackle mysteries of ozone-eating clouds

     


  • 14 March 2006-
    NASA
    Study Links “Smog” to Arctic Warming

     


  • 30 August 2005-
    South
    Polar ozone hole makes big comeback

     


  • 28 January 2005-
    Record
    Low Temperatures in Arctic Ozone Layer – First Signs of Ozone Loss

     

     

  • 1 October 2004-Antarctic Ozone Hole Smaller This Year
  • 22 September 2004 Ozone Hole Reaches South America
  • 26 August 2004-International Ozone Day - OzonAction launches web support
  • 26 July 2004-OZONE LOSS CAUSED GENETIC MUTATIONS AT TIME OF MASS EXTINCTION
  • 15 July 2004-Will Compasses Point South?-The collapse of the earth's magnetic field

  • 10/07/2003-
    2003
    Antarctic Ozone Hole Near Record Size, Cold Temperature Play Major
    Role

     

     


  • 9/25/2003-
    2003
    OZONE ‘HOLE’ APPROACHES, BUT FALLS SHORT OF RECORD

     


  • 9/22/2003-
    Antarctic
    ozone hole – near record levels

     

     


  • 9/17/2003-
    World
    Meteorological Organization (WMO)-ANTARCTIC OZONE HOLE UNUSUALLY
    LARGE

     

     


  • 9/16/2003-
    Message
    from the UN Secretary General on the Occasion of the International
    Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer

     


  • 9/16/2003-
    Children
    Suffer Most from Effects of Ozone Depletion

     


  • 8/21/2003-
    Large
    ozone hole over Antarctica likely

     


  • 8/1/2003-
    Scientists
    Suggest Stratosphere’s Role


  • 7/29/2003- 
    NASA
    Observations Confirm Expected Ozone Layer Recovery


  • 6/12/2003-

    Hydrogen economy might impact Earth’s
    stratosphere, study shows

     

     


  • 1/06/2003-
    International
    Arctic Ozone Study


  • 9/30/2002-

    Unusually Small Ozone Hole This Year


  • 5/10/2002-
    NASA
    improves knowledge of ozone depletion-NASA/JPL NEWS RELEASE

     

     


  • 11/11/2001
    -Low
    Ozone Event In Europe

     


  • 9/21/2001-
    $23
    Million Ozone-Monitoring QUIKTOMS Satellite lost

     

     


  • 8/16/2001-
    Ozone
    Hole Forming In The Shape Of A Dog?

     

     


  • 2/8/2001-
    Scientists
    Discover New Keys To Arctic Ozone Loss

     

     


  • 1/8/2001-

    Sea salt seasons chemical brew that
    destroys Arctic ozone-Purdue University

     

     


  • 10/7/2000-
    The
    Ozone hole has again reached South America

     

     


  • 8/22/2000-

    Antarctic Ozone Hole forming- largest ever?

     

     


  • 4/5/2000- 

    Arctic Ozone Levels Down 66%-European Union and NASA press release


  • 12/15/1999-
    European
    Ozone Event Nov 20-Dec 2,1999: NASA images and report