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View of Earth from 40,000 feet

Scientists develop new method to assess ozone layer recovery

24 Aug 2022

Researchers have developed a new method for assessing the impacts of ozone-destroying substances that threaten the recovery of the ozone layer.

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CONTRAST and CAST Mission Planes

High ozone levels in tropical Pacific caused by fires burning in Africa and Asia

13 Jan 2016

Study indicates ‘biomass burning’ may play a larger role in climate change than previously realised.

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Borneo rainforest

Pollution on the move – human activity in East Asia negatively affects air quality in remote tropical forests

31 Mar 2015

New analysis shows that pollution from human activity in East Asia is having a negative effect on air quality in tropical rainforests thousands of...

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Milkweed with Ozone Damage

New research highlights the key role of ozone in climate change

01 Dec 2014

The models which are used to predict how climate change will occur could be much improved by including the key role of ozone, which is often...

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Oil palm plantation

Climate chemistry and the tropics

05 Oct 2012

New models are being developed to predict how changing land use in the tropics could affect future climate, air quality and crop production.

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Antarctic Ozone Hole

Whither the ozone hole?

16 Sep 2011

To mark the annual International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer (Ozone Day), Dr Neil Harris, an expert on the atmospheric composition...

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