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redOrbit: In the spring of 2011, the ozone layer that protects us from harmful levels of ultraviolet rays has shown a record loss in the Arctic region, according to the U.N. weather agency.
The continued presence of ozone-depleting substances in the atmosphere coupled with a very cold winter in the stratosphere is to blame.
Although an international agreement from 1987 called the Montreal Protocol has successfully reduced the production and consumption of these ozone destroying chemicals, the long atmospheric......
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Record Loss Of Ozone Layer Over Arctic
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on April 5th, 2011
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