As a result of these efforts, the ozone hole is on track to recover more quickly each year, with projections predicting a ...

The Antarctic ozone hole of 2025 was the fifth-smallest since 1992 (avg. 7.23M sq miles), confirming the success of the Montreal Protocol in healing the ozone layer.

A newly published study notes that the ozone layer is continuing to heal and could recover completely, thanks to the global actions from the 1987 Montreal Protocol. The research, published in Nature, ...

The treaty is universal with 197 member countries. It is legally binding with penalties for countries that flout its provisions. And it is fully funded, meaning poorer countries that might not have ...

It’s easy to argue that no single development has impacted the HVACR industry as much as the Montreal Protocol. The international treaty, which was signed 25 years ago, ultimately phased out CFC and ...

“Many people in the late 1980s were still disputing whether humans were causing ozone depletion,” said NOAA researcher Sam Oltmans, who began studying ozone in the late 1960s. “Just like you’ve got ...

HFC WORKSHOP: A workshop on HFC management recently took place in Bangkok. It was one step along the way to a Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol in Dubai later this year. Courtesy of the ...

This week marks the 25th anniversary of the Montreal Protocol, which reduced or eliminated the use of chemicals that led to ozone depletion. As a result, the ozone layer is now on track to recover in ...

With so many dire reports coming out about the state of the climate, it’s easy to feel hopeless. But humanity has shown in the past that we can come together to solve seemingly insurmountable ...

Unruly passenger incidents on commercial aircraft are an endemic problem for the airline industry. Such incidents threaten the safety and security of all on board, disrupt operations and result in ...

The Montreal Protocol provides the international community with an effective, equitable and dynamic mechanism for protecting the ozone layer. The paper uses the Protocol's negotiating history to ...

Since the Montreal Protocol was signed in 1987, countries have phased out most of the ozone-damaging gases, but their replacements, the HFCs, are powerful greenhouse gases that contribute to climate ...