ozone layer

If you start to lose hope, remember that young person and that we’ve beaten a climate problem before: the hole in the ozone layer.

An atmospheric chemist at MIT whose research was key to healing the giant gaping hole in our ozone layer, Solomon gives us much-needed inspiration — and some tangible ways forward.

The main area we’re losing eyes on is the stratosphere, the all-important home of the ozone layer.

Extreme climate change from the release of carbon dioxide, degradation of the ozone layer due to the injection of damaging chemicals, and the emissions of toxic pollutants, are all seen as contributing factors.

A hole in the ozone layer - the protective barrier of gas in the upper atmosphere - now lingers over the frozen continent for more of the year.