Article 42A5M Ozone layer finally healing after damage caused by aerosols, UN says

Ozone layer finally healing after damage caused by aerosols, UN says

by
Fiona Harvey Environment correspondent
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Upper layer above northern hemisphere should be completely repaired in 2030s

The ozone layer is showing signs of continuing recovery from man-made damage and is likely to heal fully by 2060, new evidence shows.

The measures taken to repair the damage will also have an important beneficial effect on climate change, as some of the gases that caused the ozone layer to thin and in places disappear also contribute to warming the atmosphere. Phasing them out could avoid as much as 0.5C (0.9F) of warming this century.

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