scientific discovery- Ozone Hole

By alexasw
  • chlorofluorocarbons

    invented 1920-
    researched 1970 last for several decades, or even over a century
    used in everyday household items
    thought to be safe
  • ozone "hole"

    not a hole- just thinning og it
    ozone absorbs UV radation- thins, more UV reaches Earth
    1974- scientists prove CFCs
    1985- scientists discovered massive thinning over Arctic
  • impacts

    global health risk - UV exposure
    - human health, phytoplankton
    aware to humans in 1980
  • Montreal Protocol

    -very successful
    -broader impacts
    -if we unify, we can fix