Ozone Layer Recovers, Limiting Global Warming: UN Report

The Arctic and Antarctic ozone breaches are predicted to regress to their 1980 sizes by 2045 and 2066, respectively. The ozone layer is recovering and limiting global warming, according to a UN report.

A United Nations-backed science board entrusted with evaluating the impacts of the 1989 Montreal Protocol - a global consensus to phase out Ozone Depleting Substances - discovered that the ozone layer is continuing to strengthen, and that as a result, the earth will avoid 0.3 - 0.5°C of gl...

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