Ozone Hole: How We Saved the Planet

How the Montreal Protocol agreement was finalized and how NASA found proof that man made gases are destroying planet.

Computer Models at NASA showing World Predicted (i.e Ozone Layer healing) versus World Avoided (with Ozone Layer depleted).

The forgotten story of the hole in the ozone layer - and how the world came together to fix it. The scientists and politicians who persuaded Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher to take action reveal how the planetary problem was solved.

Jonathan Shanklin at the British Antarctic Survey discovers the ozone hole over the Antarctic.