Depletion of the ozone layer has been steadily improving in the wake of the 1989 Montreal Protocol, a global agreement to protect the Earth’s ozone layer by phasing out chemicals such as chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) initially used as solvents and refrigerants.
The progress is slow, according to the new United Nations report presented on Continue reading Earth’s ozone layer on course to mend within decades, UN report finds