The concentrations of some ozone-depleting chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) in the atmosphere are increasing rapidly, scientists warn, despite the production of these chemicals having been banned ...

Molina and Rowland’s study was validated in 1985, when a team of English scientists found a hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica that was later linked to CFCs. The "hole" is actually an area ...

Researchers quickly traced the cause to human-made ozone-depleting substances (ODS), particularly chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), ...

The 1985 discovery of the Antarctic ozone hole confirmed CFC-caused ozone depletion ... of the cosmic-ray-driven electron reaction-initiated ozone-depleting mechanism (CRE) that Professor Lu ...

The hole in Earth's ozone layer — which made headlines ... chemicals is difficult since there are no known reactions that would produce CFC-13 as a byproduct. The researchers focused on only ...

Thirty years after countries agreed to ease up on the use of chemicals damaging the ozone layer, there are promising signs that the ozone will be fully recovered by the 2060s. But we’re not out ...

When CFCs drift up into the stratosphere, they can break down ozone under certain seasonal conditions. The following year, those relevations led to the drafting of the Montreal Protocol—an ...

The ozone hole over Antarctica ... “The repair mechanisms that we naturally have can break down,” Newman said. “That can result in skin cancers.” CFCs exist in the atmosphere for a long ...

The year was 1987, and Earth's shield against the giant thermonuclear reaction in the ... agreement to phase out the ozone-depleting substances, particularly chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and halons.