Sentences with phrase «ozone hole heals»

By mid-century, however, ozone hole - effects may instead be adding to the warming around Antarctica, but with diminished amplitude as the ozone hole heals.

Tedesco warns that as the Antarctic ozone hole heals in the coming decades, the winds that seal the continent from warm air will weaken and it will become much warmer in summer.

Not exact matches

But if emissions of CH2Cl2 are held to current levels, healing of the ozone hole would be delayed only 5 years or so, the team finds.

«First signs of healing in the Antarctic ozone layer: September ozone hole has shrunk by 4 million square kilometers since 2000.»

Scientists may have spotted Antarctica's ozone hole on the road to recovery, at least a decade sooner than they thought healing would be noticeable.

Overall, however, the ozone hole appears to be on a healing path.

The hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica, which allows harmful ultraviolet radiation to penetrate our atmosphere, is finally starting to heal.

A study reported this year confirms that the Antarctic ozone hole is healing.

However, scientists are not sure if the ozone hole can heal itself, BBC reported, citing David Vaughan from the British Antarctic Survey, who reportedly called for cautious optimism in reacting to the data, and added that numbers from a BAS study could help confirm the WMO's findings.

It seems like the effort has all been worth it, as Professor Susan Solomon of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a team of scientists from NCAS and the University of Leeds report the «first signs of healing» of the ozone layer, confirming predictions that the hole in the ozone layer could close by the middle of this century.

Look at the «ozone hole» issue... where victory is claimed in healing the Antarctic ozone hole by banning of fluorocarbons although only some Western countries (such as US) banned the chemicalswhile other major users didn't.

Volcanic eruptions have episodically interfered with healing, particularly during 2015, when a record October ozone hole occurred after the Calbuco eruption.»

The Ozone Hole Is Finally Healing.

My recent Times column argued that the alleged healing of the ozone layer is exaggerated, but so was the impact of the ozone hole over Antarctica:

(Related: «Whatever Happened to the Ozone Hole» and «Healing the Ozone Layer: Chemist Says Treaty Is Working.»)