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Despoiling the Final Frontier

Kurt Cobb / Resilience Mar 14, 2023 Companies that plan to put tens of thousands of satellites into orbit to create space-based internet are going to harm the Ozone layer. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

What We’re Not Being Told About Inhalers

Kieran Cooke / Climate News Network Nov 5, 2019 The devices used by millions of people to combat asthma and other breathing problems can also waste scarce resources. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Earth’s Ozone Layer Is Healing, Says U.N.

SETH BORENSTEIN / The Associated Press Nov 5, 2018 The planet's protective layer is finally recovering from damage caused by aerosol sprays and coolants, according to a new United Nations report. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Threats From New Gases Found in Air

By Alex Kirby, Climate News Network Jun 5, 2014 Three more new CFC gases discovered in the atmosphere have the potential to add to global warming, and scientists say the evidence points to them being man-made. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Ozone Rise Will Choke U.S. Cities

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network May 18, 2014 Poor air quality and health problems are expected to become the summertime norm across the country as ground level ozone rises 70 percent. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Saving Ozone May Slow Warming Rate

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network Nov 10, 2013 What appears to be a slowdown in the rate of atmospheric warming this century may have a simple explanation -- it could be the consequence of protecting the ozone layer. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Plants Wilt as Heat Increases Ozone

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network Jul 21, 2013 Plants are significantly less able to absorb low-level ozone during a heat wave, researchers have found, with implications tied to more than 2 million deaths worldwide by air pollution from human causes. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Big Winter for Arctic Ozone Hole

Staff / Truthdig Oct 3, 2011 Unusual weather ripped a sizable hole in the ozone layer above the Arctic last winter, exposing people in northern Russia, parts of Greenland and Norway to high levels of UV radiation. Human activity did not cause the hole's sudden appearance, scientists said in a report released Monday. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

There’s No Delicate Way to Put This …

Eunice Wong / Truthdig Jan 13, 2009 Hello ladies. Would you consider reusable menstrual items? Please stay with me. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

An Environmental Success Story (for Once)

Staff / Truthdig Aug 23, 2006 Two of the scientists responsible for sounding the alarm on the thinning ozone layer have reported that the hole over the Antarctic has stopped widening, and may close within a generation or two. If true, this proves what can be achieved when government works to address, rather than deny, an environmental catastrophe. Global warming, anyone? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Ozone Pollution Is More Harmful Than Realized

Staff / Truthdig Mar 15, 2006 Ozone, which had been considered a minor player in global climate change, is actually a major factor in the dramatic warming of the Arctic zone, according to NASA. Worse, scientists are reporting that climate change is "irreversible," as Arctic sea ice has failed to re-form for the second year in a row. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )