News tagged with upper layer

Environment Canada cuts threaten science, international agreements

Recent cuts to the scientific workforce of Environment Canada, a government agency responsible for meteorological services and environmental research, threaten scientific research related to the ozone layer in the upper atmosphere ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 2

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.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

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

Ozone layer depletion leveling off

By merging more than a decade of atmospheric data from European satellites, scientists have compiled a homogeneous long-term ozone record that allows them to monitor total ozone trends on a global scale - ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Sep 21, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 0