Atmospheric scientist and ozone specialist Richard S. Stolarski dies at 82
Stolarski's role in the discovery of the ozone hole set the stage for managing its repair—one of the greatest successes in environmental protection.
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Stolarski's role in the discovery of the ozone hole set the stage for managing its repair—one of the greatest successes in environmental protection.
Among other issues, large volcanic eruptions release sulfur dioxide into the stratosphere, where it reacts with chlorine from human-generated harmful...
LONDON: You cannot see it with the naked eye but high over your head, just above the altitude at which the highest-flying passenger jets cruise, there is a fragile layer of naturally occurring gas that shields all life on Earth from the deadly effects of the ultraviolet radiation emitted by the sun. This is the ozone shield, a belt of gas — specifically ozone, or O3, which is
Back in the 1990s, the hole in the planet's ozone layer was a pressing global crisis – if we had ignored it, today there would be several.
Former prime minister played a key role in spearheading the Montreal Protocol, which ended the use of ozone-destroying CFCs