Ozone layer to recover by mid-century, say scientists
NEWS: Campaigners renew calls for HFC phase-out to build on ozone success and tackle climate change
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Banned chemical emissions mar ozone treaty’s success story
NEWS: NASA finds a banned ozone-depleting gas is still being emitted, in a blot on the Montreal Protocol’s record
UN to investigate mysterious emissions of banned ozone-damaging CFCs
Scientific advisors to the Montreal Protocol will examine evidence of new sources of CFCs in East Asia and report by the end of the year
Montreal Protocol may have prevented accelerated climate change
Although scientists didn’t know it at the time, the efforts back in 1987 to stop ozone depletion have prevented drastic changes to climate and hydrological cycles