Ozone-Depleting Substances Caused Half of Late 20th-Century Arctic Warming
Tuesday, January 21, 2020 - 08:20
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. A […]