This article was written by Leah Burrows and published on the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences website. It is republished…
A new paper in Nature Geoscience written by an international team of scientists led by Dr. Luke Western of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration…
A UMD alum and professor co-authored a paper about the reduction in the thickness of Earth’s protective ozone layer that followed the Australian wildfires. The…
Research conducted by ESSIC/AOSC scientist Ross J. Salawitch is featured in a new Washington Post article on the North Pole ozone hole that formed last…
In 1986, chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), chemical compounds known to break down ozone in the atmosphere, were banned by the Montreal Protocol. This led to an immediate…
An ozonesonde launches at Hohenpeissenberg Meteorological Observatory, Germany. The ozone sensor is in the white styrofoam cylinder dangling from the balloon, which will carry the…
A large ozone hole has opened up above the Arctic, its size rivaling the famous Antarctic ozone hole that forms in the southern hemisphere each…