Researchers Discover a Hole in the Ozone Layer
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Ecology and the Environment Series
- Categories: Science, Environmental Issues
- Subcategories: Ecology, Environment, Conservation
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, British History, Worldwide
- Geographical Location: Antarctica
- Date: May 16, 1985
Article abstract: A team of scientists from the British Antarctic Survey announced a significant disappearance of ozone in the stratosphere above Antarctica.
Summary of Event
On May 16, 1985, a group of scientists from the British Antarctic Survey led by Joseph Farman published a research paper presenting the results of several years of measurements of stratospheric ozone above Halley Bay in Antarctica. In that paper, they noted that the total amount of ozone in early spring had decreased by almost 50 percent during the previous ten years. This discovery...
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