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Staying current for Chapter 7 { Ozone Contents } Analyzing the Antarctic Ozone Hole. Earth Exploration Toolbook activity. Use satellite images and ImageJ software to show how much ozone is in the atmosphere over the Southern Hemisphere, identify the ozone “hole” that develops over this region every spring, and with spreadsheet, graph its size from year […]

Staying current for Chapter 6 { Ozone Contents } 2019-01-22. Podcast: Uncovering the Ozone Hole. By Nanci Bompey, Eos/AGU.  2012-Dec.  The Ozone Problem is Back – And Worse Than Ever | Sharon Begley, Smithsonian Magazine.  Excerpt:  Jim Anderson of Harvard University … Since 2001, …had been studying powerful thunderstorms by packing instruments into repurposed spy planes and B-57 […]

Staying current for Chapter 5 { Ozone Contents } 2012 March 12.  F. Sherwood Rowland, Cited Aerosols’s Danger, Is Dead at 84 | By Felicity Barringer, The NY Times. Excerpt: F. Sherwood Rowland, whose discovery in 1974 of the danger that aerosols posed to the ozone layer was initially met with disdain but who was ultimately vindicated […]

Staying current for Chapter 4 { Ozone Contents } 2023-03-15. The Brilliant Inventor Who Made Two of History’s Biggest Mistakes. [https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/15/magazine/cfcs-inventor.html] By Steven Johnson, The New York Times. Excerpt: While The Times praised him as “one of the nation’s outstanding chemists” in its obituary, today [Thomas Midgley Jr.] is best known for the terrible consequences of […]

Staying current for Chapter 3 See non-chronological resources for this chapter. { Ozone Contents } 2025-06-27. UV-C light kills nearly everything—except this unusual organism. By Hannah Richter, Science. Excerpt: …UV light that keeps beachgoers reaching for the sunblock isn’t even the worst the Sun sends our way. Lucky for us, Earth’s ozone layer blocks the […]

Staying current for Chapter 2 { Ozone Contents } 2023-05-30. Plants Leave Chemical Fingerprints on an Ozone-Depleting Gas. [https://eos.org/research-spotlights/plants-leave-chemical-fingerprints-on-an-ozone-depleting-gas] By Sarah Stanley, Eos/AGU. Excerpt: Methyl chloride (CH3Cl) is one of the most common chlorine-based gases in Earth’s atmosphere. Along with related chemicals, it depletes the ozone layer, exposing life on the planet to more of the Sun’s ultraviolet […]

Staying current for Chapter 1 { Ozone Contents } 24 December 1997. Ozone Depletion FAQSample Question–Subject: 1.3) How does the composition of the atmosphere change with altitude? (Or, how can CFC’s get up to the stratosphere when they are heavier than air?) Answer: In the earth’s troposphere and stratosphere, most _stable_ chemical species are “well-mixed” – […]

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Staying current for Chapter 13 { Life and Climate Contents } 2023-03-16. Tonga Eruption May Temporarily Push Earth Closer to 1.5°C of Warming. [https://eos.org/articles/tonga-eruption-may-temporarily-push-earth-closer-to-1-5c-of-warming] By J. Besl, Eos/AGU. Excerpt: The underwater eruption of Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha‘apai sent megatons of water vapor into the stratosphere, contributing to an increase in global warming over the next 5 […]

Staying current for Chapter 12 { Life and Climate Contents } 2025-05-01. Redated artifacts rewrite how Indigenous people responded to European contact. By Lizzie Wade, Science. Excerpt: …archaeologist Jennifer Birch thought she had a good handle on when and why Ontario’s largest excavated Iroquois village, known as the Jean-Baptiste Lainé Site, was abandoned. …people deserted […]