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How Arctic ozone hole was avoided by Montreal Protocol

Posted in Science on 27th May, 2015
by Alex Muller

The Antarctic ozone hole would have been 40% bigger by now if ozone-depleting chemicals had not been banned in the 1980s, according to research.

Sudden onset of ice loss in Antarctica so large it affects Earth's gravity field

Posted in Science on 23rd May, 2015
by Alex Muller

Scientists have observed a sudden increase of ice loss in a previously stable region of Antarctica.

New study finds a hot spot in the atmosphere

Posted in Science on 18th May, 2015
by Alex Muller

This result is in very close agreement with climate computer models and it contradicts the view that there is a slowdown in climate change.

Antarctica's Ice Attacked from Above and Below

Posted in Featured, Science on 13th May, 2015
by Alex Muller

This is the first time that melting from below has been found to be a culprit in the Antarctic Peninsula's vanishing ice shelves.

Global carbon dioxide levels break 400ppm milestone

Posted in Science on 7th May, 2015
by Alex Muller

Concentrations of CO2 greenhouse gas in the atmosphere reached record global average in March, figures show, in a stark signal ahead of Paris climate talks.