{"id":702117,"date":"2021-09-16T07:10:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-16T11:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=702117"},"modified":"2021-09-16T07:10:00","modified_gmt":"2021-09-16T11:10:00","slug":"whats-going-on-with-the-ozone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=702117","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s going on with the ozone?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Map_of_the_ozone_hole_over_the_South_Pole_on_16_September_2021_card_full.png\" alt=\"A map of the ozone hole over the South Pole on 16 September 2021\" \/><\/p>\n<p>World governments agreed in the late 1980s to protect Earth\u2019s ozone layer by phasing out ozone-depleting substances emitted by human activities, under the Montreal Protocol. The phase out of these substances has not only helped protect the ozone layer for future generations but has also protected human health and ecosystems by limiting the harmful ultraviolet radiation from reaching Earth. On 16 September, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/observances\/ozone-day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer<\/a>, we take a closer look at this year\u2019s ozone hole.<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\n Click here for original story, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/Applications\/Observing_the_Earth\/Copernicus\/Sentinel-5P\/What_s_going_on_with_the_ozone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">What\u2019s going on with the ozone?<\/a>&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource: ESA Space News&#013;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World governments agreed in the late 1980s to protect Earth\u2019s ozone layer by phasing out ozone-depleting substances emitted by human activities, under the Montreal Protocol. The phase out of these&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":702118,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-702117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ESA"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=702117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702117\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/702118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=702117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=702117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=702117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}