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Topic: Ozone

A NOAA researcher prepares to release an ozone sonde at the South Pole in this 2008 photo.

Ozone treaty taking a bite out of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions

August 14, 2017

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greenhouse gases

A NOAA researcher prepares to release an ozone sonde at the South Pole in this 2008 photo.

Researchers release a weather balloon carrying an ozone sonde (airborne instrument) during the 2016 ozone hole research season at the South Pole.

Possible new threat to Earth’s ozone layer

June 30, 2017

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Researchers release a weather balloon carrying an ozone sonde (airborne instrument) during the 2016 ozone hole research season at the South Pole.

CIRES scientist Patrick Cullis releases a weather balloon carrying an ozonesonde from NOAA's Marshall Mesa on the 50th anniversary of the first ozonesonde launch from the research site near Boulder, Colorado, in 1967.

Fifty years ago, a historic balloon launch that changed the way we see the ozone layer

April 27, 2017

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CIRES scientist Patrick Cullis releases a weather balloon carrying an ozonesonde from NOAA's Marshall Mesa on the 50th anniversary of the first ozonesonde launch from the research site near Boulder, Colorado, in 1967.

Ground-level ozone in the form of smog, shown here in Denver, Colorado, is a growing problem in the western United States and elsewhere around the world.

Rural West sees more smog; now scientists may know why

March 1, 2017

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Ground-level ozone in the form of smog, shown here in Denver, Colorado, is a growing problem in the western United States and elsewhere around the world.

Researchers release a weather balloon carrying an ozone sonde, a lightweight sensor, during the 2016 ozone hole research season at the South Pole.

Size of 2016 Antarctic ozone hole is nearly average, as expected

October 26, 2016

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Researchers release a weather balloon carrying an ozone sonde, a lightweight sensor, during the 2016 ozone hole research season at the South Pole.

When winter winds die down in Utah’s remote Uinta Basin, oil and gas emissions and sunlight reflected off of snow cover can produce dramatic spikes of ozone pollution over the course of a few hours, a NOAA study has found.

Photo: Collecting data on Utah’s winter ozone problem, 'MacGyver'-style

September 19, 2016

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When winter winds die down in Utah’s remote Uinta Basin, oil and gas emissions and sunlight reflected off of snow cover can produce dramatic spikes of ozone pollution over the course of a few hours, a NOAA study has found.

This image of the southern hemisphere shows the ozone hole that typically forms over the South Pole during the austral spring.

NOAA, CIRES researchers track lingering U.S. emissions of ozone-depleting chemical

February 29, 2016

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This image of the southern hemisphere shows the ozone hole that typically forms over the South Pole during the austral spring.

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New study explains wintertime ozone pollution in Utah oil and gas fields

October 1, 2014

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