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New simulation shows consequences of a world without Earth's natural sunscreen (w/Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- The year is 2065. Nearly two-thirds of Earth's ozone is gone -- not just over the poles, but everywhere. The infamous ozone hole over Antarctica, first discovered in the 1980s, is a year-round ...

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created Mar 19, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (121) | comments 7

Increasing Antarctic sea ice extent linked to the ozone hole

Increased growth in Antarctic sea ice during the past 30 years is a result of changing weather patterns caused by the ozone hole according to new research published this week (Thurs 23 April 2009).

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created Apr 21, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (70) | comments 12

Greenhouse gases to overpower ozone hole

(PhysOrg.com) -- One set of human-created gases is starting to relinquish its hold on Antarctic climate as another group of emissions produced by human activity is starting to take hold, according to a paper ...

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created Nov 02, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (13) | comments 14 | with audio podcast

First comprehensive review of the state of Antarctica's climate

The first comprehensive review of the state of Antarctica's climate and its relationship to the global climate system is published this week by the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). The review - Antarctic ...

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created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (12) | comments 3

New study links ozone hole to climate change all the way to the equator

In a study to be published in the April 21st issue of Science magazine, researchers at Columbia University's School of Engineering and Applied Science report their findings that the ozone hole, which is located over the So ...

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created Apr 21, 2011 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (13) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Astrophysics and extinctions: News about planet-threatening events

Space is a violent place. If a star explodes or black holes collide anywhere in our part of the Milky Way, they'd give off colossal blasts of lethal gamma-rays, X-rays and cosmic rays and it's perfectly reasonable to expect ...

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created Oct 07, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Ozone: Climate change boosts ultraviolet risk for high latitudes

(PhysOrg.com) -- Physicists at the University of Toronto have discovered that changes in the Earth's ozone layer due to climate change will reduce the amount of ultraviolet (UV) radiation in northern high ...

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created Sep 06, 2009 | popularity 2.4 / 5 (14) | comments 5

Ozone hole healing could cause further climate warming

The hole in the ozone layer is now steadily closing, but its repair could actually increase warming in the southern hemisphere, according to scientists at the University of Leeds.

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created Jan 25, 2010 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (10) | comments 2

Significant ozone hole remains over Antarctica

The Antarctic ozone hole, which yawns wide every Southern Hemisphere spring, reached its annual peak on September 12, stretching 10.05 million square miles, the ninth largest on record. Above the South Pole, ...

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created Oct 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

What's Holding Antarctic Sea Ice Back From Melting?

(PhysOrg.com) -- Global temperatures are increasing. Sea levels are rising. Ice sheets in many areas of the world are retreating. Yet there’s something peculiar going on in the oceans around Antarctica: even ...

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created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (9) | comments 1

Whither the ozone hole?

To mark the annual International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer (Ozone Day), Dr Neil Harris, an expert on the atmospheric composition from the University’s Department of Chemistry, discusses ...

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created Sep 16, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (6) | comments 6

Aura Marks Five Years of Sky-High Atmosphere Research

Imagine Earth without an atmosphere - without clouds, wind or air. Earth's atmosphere protects, transports, and reacts to life on Earth.

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created Aug 05, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

UN scientists say ozone layer depletion has stopped

The protective ozone layer in the earth's upper atmosphere has stopped thinning and should largely be restored by mid century thanks to a ban on harmful chemicals, UN scientists said on Thursday.

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created Sep 16, 2010 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 6

Low temperatures enhance ozone degradation above the Arctic

Extraordinarily cold temperatures in the winter of 2010/2011 caused the most massive destruction of the ozone layer above the Arctic so far: The mechanisms leading to the first ozone hole above the North Pole ...

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created Jan 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Pollution dispersion research aids understanding of 2002 break-up of Antarctic ozone hole

The eruption of the volcano in Iceland has drawn attention to air flow patterns, as airlines lost millions of dollars and travelers remained stranded for days to weeks, as particles from the natural disaster traveled over ...

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created May 24, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast