Antarctic Survey Team Confirms Ozone Depletion
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events: 1900-2001
- Categories: Science, Environmental Issues
- Subcategories: Earth Sciences, Ecology, Environment, Conservation, Pollution, Toxic Waste
- Curriculum: American History 1951-present, 20th & 21st Century European History, British History, Latin American History, Asian History
- Geographical Location: Antarctica
- Date: 1982
Article abstract: After twenty-five years of data collection, Joe Farman’s Antarctic Survey Team observed a depletion of ozone and a corresponding increase in chlorine monoxide in the earth’s atmosphere.
The Energy Absorber
In 1957, Joe Farman, a Cambridge University scientist, and his research group, stationed at Hadley Bay, Antarctica, began to study the concentrations of trace gases (gases that appear in very small percentages) such as ozone in the earth’s atmosphere. The concentration of ozone was known to fluctuate seasonally, but in 1982 it...
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