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+title: The ozone hole
+kind: problem
+status: solved
+tier: V3
+year: 1974
+statement: What is destroying stratospheric ozone, and can it be stopped?
+space: climate
+---
+Chlorofluorocarbons release chlorine that destroys ozone catalytically, especially on polar stratospheric clouds. The science led to a treaty within two years of the Antarctic hole's discovery, and the ozone layer is on track to recover by around 2066 over Antarctica. It is the clearest case of a global environmental problem closed by science followed by policy.
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+*Evidence tier V3 is the import default for a result the curation records as settled in the published record. No formal proof or certificate is attached to this page yet.*
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+Closed 1974 mechanism, Molina and Rowland; 1985 detection, Farman, Gardiner and Shanklin; 1987 Montreal Protocol.
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+## Sources
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+- [Wikipedia: Ozone depletion](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozone_depletion)
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+[[Space:climate|Climate]] · [[Continent:earth|Earth]]
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Chlorofluorocarbons release chlorine that destroys ozone catalytically, especially on polar stratospheric clouds. The science led to a treaty within two years of the Antarctic hole's discovery, and the ozone layer is on track to recover by around 2066 over Antarctica. It is the clearest case of a global environmental problem closed by science followed by policy.
Evidence tier V3 is the import default for a result the curation records as settled in the published record. No formal proof or certificate is attached to this page yet.
Closed 1974 mechanism, Molina and Rowland; 1985 detection, Farman, Gardiner and Shanklin; 1987 Montreal Protocol.