Despite crackdowns, the use of ozone-depleting chemicals is on the rise

HCFC-141b levels are rising, which could be due to illegal production or deteriorating equipment. Despite international attempts to combat the problem, levels of an ozone-depleting chemical are strangely rising.

The increase in the airborne chemical HCFC-141b comes even though stated pr...

The Australian Megafires Have Damaged the Ozone Layer

The smoke-induced chemical reactions from the wildfires in Australia’s Black Summer have caused the level of ozone above the mid-southern hemisphere to drop by 13 percent.

A new analysis revealed that the record-breaking fires in Australia in the summers of 2019 and 2020 blasted s...

Wildfire smoke and its effects on ozone recovery

Now, MIT atmospheric chemists have discovered that the smoke from those fires triggered chemical processes in the stratosphere, resulting in the loss of ozone, which protects the Earth from incoming UV radiation.

The work is the first to prove a chemical relationship between wildfire sm...

Global Ozone Gas Sensor Market is expected to Grow at a CAGR of 7.98% Over the Forecast Period

Ozone is produced due to the combination of three oxygen atom, and is highly instable. The gas has an irritating odour, and is extremely toxic, thereby making harmful to living organisms. Ozone at ground level is a pollutant, and is highly dangerous to people with respiratory health conditions su...

THAILAND GETS US$5 MILLION TO SAVE OZONE LAYER DEPLETION FROM THE WORLD BANK

HIGHLIGHTS

• A US$5 million deal is signed between Thailand and the World Bank today on 8 Sept, to reduce synthetic ozone-draining substances by 2023 to 60 percent. This will mark as a major aspect of the nation's commitments under the Montreal Protocol.
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CHINA SHOWCASES PLANS TO CUT TOXIC EMISSIONS

Highlights:

• China has unveiled its summer plans to cut the toxic emissions by the oil refineries, storage companies, chemical, pharmaceutical, and packaging firms.
• This effort is made to reduce the ground ozone pollution from industrial plants.
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