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  • Antarctic glaciers are melting faster

    According to several new studies, Antarctic glaciers are thinning and slipping at twice the rate they had in the 1990s. These changes are expected to cause an appreciable rise in sea levels as the glaciers are losing about 250 cubic kilometres to...

    • Publication date : 2004/11/19
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  • Briefs: Antarctic ice cores travel to Colorado

    Ice cores estimated at several million US dollars were successfully transported across the equator to a lab in south-west United States in 12-m refrigerated containers, conceptualized by the US Antarctic Program support staff and designed and...

    • Publication date : 2011/02/11
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  • Briefs: Antarctic ozone hole smallest in five years

    The Antarctica ozone hole is the smallest it has been in 5 years, according to research from Niwa, New Zealand's National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research. Satellite data combined with ground-base measurements show the hole reached a...

    • Publication date : 2011/02/07
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  • The Montreal Protocol pays off

    According to a recent UNEP report, the ozone layer is recovering. It could be restored to its initial state from 2040, except in Antarctica and the Arctic. 

    • Publication date : 2023/01/26
    • Subjects: Environment
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  • CFC banks release larger emissions than expected

    The leaks of CFC11 and CFC12 stored up in banks, if left unchecked, would delay the recovery of the Antarctic ozone hole by 6 years and add 9 billion metric tons of CO2eq to the...

    • Publication date : 2020/05/27
    • Subjects: Developing country, Environment
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  • Briefs: The hole truth

    The closely monitored ozone hole above Antarctica is renowned for its unpredictable seasonal behaviour and changes in shape. High-altitude clouds form above Antarctica as soon as the temperature goes below -85°C in winter and spring, seasons...

    • Publication date : 2004/07/27
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  • Ozone layer issues: Montreal Protocol

    A recent policy article recommends "further adjustments to strengthen the Montreal Protocol and provide further insurance against the threat of abrupt climate change". According to the authors, "the Montreal Protocol's successful work to protect...

    • Publication date : 2007/08/05
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  • Briefs: ozone hole

    The Earth's ozone hole is slowly mending: this is considered a big victory for environmental policy makers. But in a new report, scientists say there is a downside: its repair may contribute to global warming. As it happens, the hole led to the...

    • Publication date : 2010/05/27
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  • Fast growing HFC levels could undermine climate benefits of the Montreal Protocol

    A WMO-UNEP report stresses that climate benefits of the Montreal Protocol could be offset significantly by projected emissions of HFCs used to replace ozone depleting substances.

    • Publication date : 2014/11/12
    • Subjects: General information, HFCs alternatives, Environment
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  • Recovery and reproduction of tardigrades frozen for over 30 years

    Scientists managed to resuscitate tardigrades and have them reproduce although they had been frozen since 1983!

    • Publication date : 2016/08/17
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  • Potential impact of dichloromethane on the ozone layer recovery

    In a study published in Nature Communications, Ryan Hossaini and a team of researchers consider the impact of dichloromethane (CH2CL2) on the ozone layer.

    • Publication date : 2017/12/13
    • Subjects: General information, HFCs alternatives, Environment
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