双语阅读：臭氧层将于2048年恢复原状.docVIP

双语阅读：臭氧层将于2048年恢复原状 2010年09月25日08:37中国日报强凤华我要评论(0) 字号：T|T The ozone layer over Antarctica in September 1980, left, and how it looked this weekend. The dark blue indicates extremely low levels of ozone. Scientists expect it to return to pre-1980 levels by 2073. Ozone layer is no longer disappearing and will return to full strength by 2048, says UN report. The ozone layer is no longer disappearing and could be back to full strength by the middle of this century, UN scientists have confirmed. The?phasing outof nearly 100 substances once used in products like refrigerators andaerosolshas stopped the ozone layer being?depletedfurther, although it is not yet increasing, according to a new United Nations report released last week. And it claimed that international efforts to protect the ozone layer has averted millions of cases of skin cancer worldwide. The ozone layer outside the polar regions?is projected torecover to pre-1980 levels by 2048, although the annual springtime ozone hole over the Antarctic is not expected to recover until 2073. Ozone in the?stratosphereis important because it absorbs some of the Sun’s dangerous ultraviolet radiation. The report, published jointly by UNEP and the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is the first comprehensive update in four years on the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer and the Montreal Protocol phasing out chemicals which accelerate both ozone layer damage and climate change. It (the Protocol) has protected the stratospheric ozone layer from much higher levels of depletion by phasing out production and consumption of ozone depleting substances, said the report. The report was written and reviewed by 300 scientists and launched on the UN International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer. Given that many substances that deplete the ozone layer are also?potentgreenhouse gases, the Montreal Protocol ‘provided substantial co-benefits by reducing climate change,’ it added. In 2010, reductions of