polar red - Slashdot User

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Submission + - ozone layer recovery confirmed ? (scientificamerican.com)

Submitted by polar red on Friday May 20, 2011 @01:58PM

polar red writes: 22 years of banning CFCs is starting to pay off. Researchers have finally been able to measure a reduction in size of the ozone layer hole, after finding the source of its fluctuations.

Submission + - Antarctic Ozone Hole Shrinks 30 Percent (discovery.com)

Submitted by polar red on Wednesday October 03, 2007 @05:40PM

polar red writes: According to ESA, The hole in the ozone-layer above the Antarctic has been reduced. A ray of hope for environmentalists? After the banning of asbestos, DDT, and other vile chemicals, science has been proven right again.

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