Latest Ozone depletion Stories
EIA News Release MONTREAL, April 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The 66th Meeting of the Multilateral Fund (MLF) concluded with clear signals that HFCs are increasingly unacceptable as substitutes for ozone depleting substances (ODS) being phased out under the Montreal Protocol. Last week's actions by the MLF to implement the first phase of the global HCFC phase-out reinforce a growing international trend to only approve and finance climate-friendly compounds and technologies...
NEW YORK, April 23, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On April 19, before the 2012 Earth Day, the sculpture, "SKY-PATCHING: GODDESS Nuwa," was displayed at Times Square. The exhibit attracted thousands of world tourists. The sculpture was created by Yuan Xikun, a renowned Chinese artist, member of Standing Committee of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and the UNEP Patron for the Arts and Environment. Besides his sculpture, paintings created by students from School of...
SAN FRANCISCO, March 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Ozone, a leading integrated demand gen marketing agency, announced today the redesign and launch of its website at www.ozoneonline.com. The primary reason for the redesign was to ensure the company's capabilities and its new logo are strongly emphasized. The website depicts Ozone's capabilities clearly, in that marketing, website design, and analytics and optimization are well defined and communicated. The site provides in-depth...
The man who first suspected that the Earth's protective ozone layer was being depleted has died at the age of 84-years-old. Sherwood Rowland, a U.S. chemistry professor, published a paper on the dangers of chloroflourocarbons (CFCs) in 1974. He received a Nobel Prize for his work 20 years later because at the time of his paper being published his ideas were ridiculed. Rowland was a University of California researcher who, along with colleagues, led to some restrictions being placed...
According to a new study, Arctic sea ice reductions may be intensifying the chemical release of bromine into the atmosphere, causing ground-level ozone depletion and the deposit of mercury in the Arctic. A team of scientists combined data from six NASA, European Space Agency and Canadian Space Agency satellites to develop a model of how air moves in the atmosphere to link Arctic sea ice changes to bromine explosions over the Beaufort Sea. "Shrinking summer sea ice has drawn much...
WASHINGTON, March 1, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Drastic reductions in Arctic sea ice in the last decade may be intensifying the chemical release of bromine into the atmosphere, resulting in ground-level ozone depletion and the deposit of toxic mercury in the Arctic, according to a new NASA-led study. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) The connection between changes in the Arctic Ocean's ice cover and bromine chemical processes is determined by...
A new satellite instrument suite is now sending back detailed information about the health of the Earth's ozone layer, the shield that protects the world’s population from harmful levels of the sun's ultraviolet radiation. The Ozone Mapper and Profiler Suite, or OMPS, is one of five new instruments flying aboard NASA's Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership satellite (NPP), which was launched on Oct. 28, 2011. Suomi NPP is the result of a partnership between NASA, the National Oceanic...
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 and pollution in the lower atmosphere, according to environmental scientists in the U.S. These reductions in personnel and projected budget cuts also threaten existing international agreements. "Canada is a bellwether for environmental change, not only for Arctic...
KIT Climate Researchers Studied Ozone Hole Formation - Results in “Geophysical Research Letters“ 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 were studied by scientists of the KIT Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research (IMK). According to these studies, further cooling of the ozone layer may enhance the influence of...
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- EOS Climate, the market leader in delivering verified emission reductions from destruction of ozone depleting substances (ODS), has won the 2011 Governor's Environmental and Economic Leadership Award (GEELA), California's highest and most prestigious environmental honor. The GEELA program, administered by the Governor's Office, California EPA and other state agencies, recognizes individuals, organizations, and businesses who have...
