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Deep ozone hole over Antarctica to stick around till end-November after September peak
Trendingdesk •2020 also saw the fourteenth-lowest levels of ozone – a key part of the atmosphere's shielding effect – in the past 33 years.
International Ozone day: Everything you need to know about Vienna Convention, Montreal Protocol
Trendingdesk •This year, the theme for the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer is ‘Ozone for life: 35 years of ozone layer protection’.
Ozone layer is recovering, thanks to climate change treaty signed over 30 years ago, finds study
Trendingdesk •Earth’s ozone layer, responsible for protecting the planet from Sun’s ultraviolet rays, has been healing and might even fully recover, a recent study has revealed
Rising eco-anxiety means we should address mental health alongside food security
•We need to reframe eco-anxiety to emphasize hope in the midst of human tragedy, existential threats and climate catastrophe.
Ozone layer over the south pole is the smallest it's ever been since its discovery
•The average hole in the ozone is 9.3 million sq km, much smaller than the 26.6 million square kilometres in 2006.
World Ozone Day 2019: 32 years of the Montreal Protocol, the ozone layer is still on the mend
•As CFCs are phased out, the ozone hole is generally growing smaller – a rare success for international environmentalism.
Antarctic Ozone hole healing confirmed in new study by IIT Kharagpur researchers
Ians •Montreal Protocol definitely saved the ozone layer & climate of the Southern Hemisphere: Researchers.
Factories in China still using illegal ozone-depleting CFCs, claims UK-based Environmental Investigation Agency report
•Environmental reports say that 18 Chinese factories are still using ozone-depleting chemicals across 10 provinces
Banned Ozone-depleting chemicals are on the rise again, and scientists aren't sure why
Ians •Once widely used as a foaming agent, production of CFC-11 was phased out by the Montreal Protocol in 2010.
Telangana govt appoints senior IAS officer Shailendra Kumar Joshi as chief secretary
•Senior IAS officer Shailendra Kumar Joshi was on Wednesday appointed as the chief secretary of the Telangana government.