Open AccessOzone hole not yet recovering
Author(s) -
Zielinski Sarah
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2006eo350003
Subject(s) - ozone depletion , ozone layer , stratosphere , ozone , environmental science , montreal protocol , meteorology , geography
The depletion of ozone in the stratosphere caused by chemicals such as chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)—and the resulting annual hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica—is not getting any worse, although recovery has not yet begun, according to two of the scientists who discovered the cause of the ozone hole 20 years ago. “If you look at the ozone records all over the world…the data indicates that the reduction in ozone has stopped,” said David Hofmann, director of the Global Monitoring Division of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL). He and ESRL senior scientist Susan Solomon spoke at a 22 August briefing in Washington, D.C.