UNEP – OZONE
September 1st, 2002
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE DEVELOPMENT of a North Pole ozone layer hole is unlikely, according to a report from the UN Environment Programme and the World Meteorological Programme. It claims that the accumulation of ozone destroying substances in the upper atmosphere is near its peak and that the size of the Antarctic hole seems to be stablilising, probably thanks to the Montreal Protocol, which limited the release of such chemicals.
THE DEVELOPMENT of a North Pole ozone layer hole is unlikely, according to a report from the UN Environment Programme and the World Meteorological Programme. It claims that the accumulation of ozone destroying substances in the upper atmosphere is near its peak and that the size of the Antarctic hole seems to be stablilising, probably thanks to the Montreal Protocol, which limited the release of such chemicals.
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