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This year's ozone hole could be the smallest it has been in 30 years

Inhabitat - Innovation

For decades, scientists have closely observed the ozone layer, which protects Earth from the sun's harmful ultraviolet (UV) radiation.

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Filter-free ultrafine particle removal system deployed in subways in Korea

Envirotec Magazine

The approach dispenses with filters, instead relying upon electrostatic forces – but managing to do so without noticeable ozone generation. By incorporating microfibre discharge electrodes and non-metallic carbon plates, says the group, the system operates with a low current yet removes more than 90% of ultrafine particles.

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What’s the latest with the ozone layer?

Envirotec Magazine

On 16 September, the world marked the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer. The European Space Agency (ESA) takes a closer look at this year’s ozone hole. The ozone layer in the atmosphere protects Earth from potentially harmful ultraviolet radiation. Ozone depletion is greatest at the South Pole.

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Reappraising assumptions about ozone in European cities

Envirotec Magazine

Ozone levels near the surface in urban environments are lower than expected, in the results of an Austrian research group The 40-meter-high monitoring tower of the Innsbruck Atmospheric Observatory near the centre of the city of Innsbruck continuously provides data on the composition of the atmosphere at ground level.

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The Ozone Layer Protects Us From UV Radiation - Can UV Protect Us From Coronavirus?

Forbes Green Tech

The ozone layer protects us from ultraviolet (UV) radiation, but can UV fight coronaviruses.

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The global treaty to save the ozone layer has also slowed Arctic ice melt

Grist

The 1987 Montreal Protocol, which phased out the production and use of chemicals that were depleting the ozone layer, has long been considered one of the most successful environmental treaties in history. The Montreal Protocol was created to address a hole in the stratospheric ozone layer over the Antarctic. In a 2022 report , a U.N.

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Longstanding peroxide-from-water conundrum succumbs to study

Envirotec Magazine

The formation of hydrogen peroxide at the air-water interface in microdroplets is not spontaneous as previously believed but is instead driven by ozone (image credit: © 2022 KAUST). After several failed attempts to explain the conundrum, the team turned to ambient ozone as a potential actor in H2O2 formation. “I

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