Ozone depletion began decades before discovery of ozone hole, scientists find

The Antarctic ozone hole was discovered in 1985, when scientists observed a severe depletion in Earth's protective layer of ...

The Ozone Hole’s Earliest Cause Wasn’t CFCs After All

Scientists discovered the ozone hole in 1985, but if they'd had the atmospheric monitoring capabilities of today, they could ...
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Humankind's depletion of the ozone layer started in the 1950s, way earlier than thought

In 1985, scientists “accidentally” discovered a yawning hole in the ozone layer above Antarctica. Initial research suggested ...

Ozone depletion actually began decades before holes in the ozone layer were first discovered

The ozone layer’s most famous wound opened over Antarctica, but the damage may have started much earlier, and somewhere else ...
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This day in history: Ozone hole discovery is announced

On May 16, 1985, three scientists from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), Joe Farman, Brian Gardiner, and Jonathan Shanklin, published a paper in the journal Nature, revealing a massive, seasonal ...

Ozone loss was a thing even before CFCs were widely used

The ban on ozone-depleting substances that successfully reversed the growth of the hole in the ozone layer isn’t seen as a ...

Scientists say ozone loss could have been spotted in the 1950s, because today’s layered satellite tools reveal that industrial chemicals were already thinning the atm…

Research indicates that industrial chemicals like carbon tetrachloride could have shown detectable ozone loss years before ...
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Study Shows How Modern Tech Pinpoints Historical Ozone Damage Over the Tropics

The Antarctic ozone hole was discovered in 1985, when scientists observed a severe depletion in the Earth's protective layer ...