Science Jan 22 Earth’s ozone layer continues to recover, scientists report By William Brangham, Andrew Corkery, Solveig Rennan, Azhar Merchant
Science Jan 09 The ozone layer is slowly, but surely, healing, the UN says A United Nations scientific report says Earth's protective ozone layer is slowly but noticeably healing. Scientists say the hole over Antarctica should be fully mended in about 43 years. By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press
World Nov 05 Earth’s ozone layer is healing, UN report says The upper ozone layer above the Northern Hemisphere should be completely repaired in the 2030s and the gaping Antarctic ozone hole should disappear in the 2060s, according to a scientific assessment released Monday at a conference in Quito, Ecuador. By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press
Science Nov 30 Column: Our planet will suffer if Trump shutters NASA Earth science The end of ice on Earth is merely one thing we won’t be able to monitor if NASA stops using satellites to look at our home, author David Biello writes… By David Biello
Science Oct 28 Ozone layer over Asia threatened by weird pumping effect in atmosphere A weird phenomenon is happening high above the Tibetan Plateau and the Himalayas that could prove to be an atmospheric nightmare for the ozone layer. By Jane Qiu, Scientific American
Jul 02 Watch 4:08 Antarctic ozone hole believed to be shrinking By PBS News Hour Scientists studying climate change in Antarctica reported this week that a hole in the protective ozone layer of the Earth’s atmosphere has shrunk. The discovery of the hole in the 1980s led to a worldwide phasing out of ozone-depleting chemicals… Continue watching
Sep 10 Ozone layer slowly recovering after decades of damage By Joshua Barajas Good news: after 35 years of facing depletion, Earth's ozone layer has shown signs that it's recovering, a U.N. scientific panel said Wednesday. Continue reading
Mar 10 Watch Criticism of Climate Change Science Heats Up The United Nations has ordered an independent review of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change amid a growing backlash over mistakes found in its Nobel Prize-winning report on the science behind global warming. Jeffrey Brown reports. Continue watching
Mar 06 Watch Carbon Offset Plan Allows Businesses to Trade Environmental ‘Credit’ As scientists debate how to address climate change, one proposal for businesses creates a carbon credit system that allows emission producing companies to buy credits from companies that use energy efficient technologies as a way to offset overall environmental impact. Continue watching