More protection: UN says Earth's ozone layer is healing

[Calista241]

Source: ABC News

Earth's protective ozone layer is finally healing from damage caused by aerosol sprays and coolants, a new United Nations report said.

The ozone layer had been thinning since the late 1970s. Scientist raised the alarm and ozone-depleting chemicals were phased out worldwide.

As a result, the upper ozone layer above the Northern Hemisphere should be completely repaired in the 2030s and the gaping Antarctic ozone hole should disappear in the 2060s, according to a scientific assessment released Monday at a conference in Quito, Ecuador. The Southern Hemisphere lags a bit and its ozone layer should be healed by mid-century.

"It's really good news," said report co-chairman Paul Newman, chief Earth scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. "If ozone-depleting substances had continued to increase, we would have seen huge effects. We stopped that."

Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/protection-earths-ozone-layer-healing-58971673

[MontanaMama]

1. Repukes will use this

as “evidence” that we don’t have to do anything about climate change...the earth will heal itself.

[Cold War Spook]

5. Of course the Earth will heal itself.

It will start to heal itself as soon as it gets rid of Homo Sapiens. If some Republicans should read my post, no it does not mean gay people.

[MontanaMama]

7. I needed that laugh

thank you.

[awesomerwb1]

2. dump will probably take credit for it

Mark my words.

[Takket]

3. out of the ozone frying pan and into the climate change fire

[melm00se]

4. Not a repuke

but scratching my head on the timing of the OP article and this:

https://www.livescience.com/63953-china-using-banned-ozone-substance.html

[suffragette]

6. Proof the world can come together to consciously effect positive change by altering its behavior.

K&R