Ozone Hole: How We Saved the Planet
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.
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Ozone Hole: How We Saved the Planet
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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.
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Preview
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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.
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Discovering the Ozone Hole
2m 20s
Jonathan Shanklin at the British Antarctic Survey discovers the ozone hole over the Antarctic.
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The World Takes Action
6m 13s
How the Montreal Protocol agreement was finalized and how NASA found proof that man made gases are destroying planet.
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Apocalypse Avoided
2m 31s
Computer Models at NASA showing World Predicted (i.e Ozone Layer healing) versus World Avoided (with Ozone Layer depleted).
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