Ozone-depleting substances caused half of late 20th-century Arctic warming, says study
Monday, January 20, 2020 - 11:01
in Earth & Climate
A scientific paper published in 1985 was the first to report a burgeoning hole in Earth's stratospheric ozone over Antarctica. Scientists determined the cause to be ozone-depleting substances—long-lived artificial halogen compounds. Although the ozone-destroying effects of these substances are now widely understood, there has been little research into their broader climate impacts.