Ozone layer

Smoke from Australian bushfires depleted ozone layer by up to 5% in 2020, study finds

Lead researcher says destruction was similar to process of Antarctic ozone hole forming each spring ‘but at much warmer temperatures’

Donna Lu

08, Mar, 2023 @4:00 PM

How did we save the ozone layer?

A UN report has found the Earth’s ozone layer is on course to be healed within the next 40 years. Madeleine Finlay speaks to atmospheric scientist Paul Newman about this momentous achievement and whether it really is the end of the story

Presented and produced by Madeleine Finlay, sound designed by Solomon King, and executive produced by Ellie Bury

12, Jan, 2023 @5:00 AM

Smoke from Black Summer bushfires depleted ozone layer, study finds

More intense bushfires due to climate change will slow recovery of ozone layer, scientist says

Donna Lu

28, Feb, 2022 @8:00 PM

‘Larger than usual’: this year’s ozone layer hole bigger than Antarctica

Scientists say ozone hole is unusually large for this stage in season and growing quickly

Helena Horton

15, Sep, 2021 @11:00 PM

Mario Molina obituary

Mexican scientist who helped discover dangers posed by CFCs to the ozone layer, leading to an international ban on their use

Fiona Harvey

12, Oct, 2020 @11:50 AM

'We've had so many wins': why the green movement can overcome climate crisis

Leaded petrol, acid rain, CFCs … the last 50 years of environmental action have shown how civil society can force governments and business to change

Fiona Harvey Environment correspondent

12, Oct, 2020 @5:00 AM

Intensive farming worldwide threatens Paris climate accord, report says

Rising emissions of nitrous oxide from farming are putting world on track to exceed 2C heating

Fiona Harvey Environment correspondent

07, Oct, 2020 @3:13 PM

Pollutionwatch: June heatwave brings smog to England

Main pollutant in smog is ozone - formed when sunlight reacts with evaporating solvents, personal care products and paints

Gary Fuller

02, Jul, 2020 @8:30 PM

Record-size hole opens in ozone layer above the Arctic

Rare hole is result of low temperatures in atmosphere and is expected to disappear

Fiona Harvey Environment correspondent

07, Apr, 2020 @3:20 PM

Global efforts on ozone help reverse southern jet stream damage

Jet stream appears to have stopped moving south and may be moving back towards normal

Jonathan Watts

25, Mar, 2020 @4:00 PM

How to stop the climate crisis: six lessons from the campaign that saved the ozone

Thirty years ago, all 197 countries got together to ban the gases damaging the Earth’s ozone layer. Now we need to unite to combat an even greater threat. What can we learn from 1989?

Jonathan Watts

20, Jan, 2019 @3:00 PM