The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced a recent report from the United Nation confirms the Earth’s ozone layer is on track to regeneration.
The report claims the protocol responsible for this recovery has also slowed down global warming, according to a Jan. 11 news release.
“The Montreal Protocol is one of the most important and successful global environmental treaties ever,” David Fahey, director of NOAA’s Chemical Sciences Laboratory and co-chair of the Scientific Assessment Panel of the Montreal Protocol, according to the release.
NOAA has led the development of the report since the Montreal Protocol was adopted, Fahey said in the release. Produced every four years, the report guides and supports the decisions of the protocol.
“NOAA's leadership aligns with its substantial and longstanding commitment to stratospheric ozone research with models, observations and laboratory studies,” he said, according to the release.
The report reveals the protocol resulted in a positive impact on the ozone layer as it reduces climate effects of ozone-depleting substances, Paul Newman, chief scientist for Earth science at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and co-chair of the Scientific Assessment Panel, said, according to the release.
