Jonathan Shanklin, a meteorologist and an emeritus fellow for the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), helped discover the hole in the ozone layer in 1985 along with Joe Farman and Brian G. Gardiner.

Jonathan Shanklin, one of the ozone hole's original discoverers, using a Dobson spectrophotometer inside the Faraday Station ...

Located in the stratosphere, the ozone layer blocks potentially harmful ultraviolet energy from reaching our planet's surface.

It has been 40 years since scientists revealed the shocking discovery of a large hole in the ozone layer above Antarctica, a ...

Yet this trail-blazing treaty, conceived with the finding of the ozone hole, is a climate-diplomacy superhero. The book ...

This week, the world will mark the 40th anniversary of a moment that changed the course of history: the publication in Nature ...

Molina and Rowland’s study was validated in 1985, when a team of English scientists found a hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica that was later linked to CFCs. The "hole" is actually an area ...

While international efforts like the Montreal Protocol have curbed ozone depletion, the persistence of CFCs means recovery is slow but steady. Ongoing monitoring and adherence to global policies ...

much like the process that led to ozone depletion from chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) in the past. CBFs are capable of destroying ozone molecules. Unlike the CFCs, which were banned under the 1987 ...

Scientists first discovered the ozone depletion in 1985. “For many decades, we produced chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) that were used in aerosols, refrigerants, and in manufacturing; they’re very ...