Sentences with phrase «ozone depletion slowed»

Between 1997 and 2000, the average rate of ozone depletion slowed by the equivalent of seven per cent per decade.

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For the first time, it has been shown that the rate of ozone depletion in the upper stratosphere — 35 to 45 kilometres up — is slowing down.

«It's evidence that agrees with a 2002 computational model that predicted rate of ozone depletion would slow, he says.

Scientists once believed that these rays were fully absorbed by the ozone layer, but now they're less sure, Dr. Zeichner says, given the ozone's slow but steady depletion.

That record is mainly driven by ozone depletion (which is slowing due to restrictions on CFC emissions).