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Threatened ozone layer shows first sign of recovery: U.N

2014-09-10 20:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: The ozone layer that shields life from cancer-causing solar rays is showing its first sign of recovery after years of dangerous depletion, a U.N. study said on Wednesday, in a rare piece of good news on the environment. Experts said it was largely down to global action - a 1987 ban on man-made gases that damage the fragile high-altitude screen. The agreement would help prevent millions of cases of skin cancer and other conditions, they added. The ozone hole that appears over Antarctica has...

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