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Ozone recovery and greenhouse gases in the Southern Hemisphere
A new study looks at how the anticipated recovery of the ozone hole over Antarctica and simultaneous increase in greenhouse gas concentrations will combine to affect weather and climate in the Southern Hemisphere.
- Climate,
- Air Quality
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Cold vortex puts a northern spin on ozone loss
The return of sunlight in polar spring means ozone destruction above the Antarctic—and, in 2011, above the Arctic.
- Air Quality
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Nuclear war and ultraviolet radiation
New research indicates that a regional nuclear war would deplete Earth’s protective ozone layer so profoundly that levels of ultraviolet radiation across the world would exceed levels now considered extreme.
- Air Quality
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Broken glass yields clues to climate change
New research points to more dust particles in the atmosphere than previously believed.
- Climate,
- Air Quality
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Ozone hole and the upper atmosphere
The impacts of the Antarctic ozone hole extend upward as well as downward, according to a new modeling study from a team of NCAR scientists.
- Air Quality