<P> The breakdown of ozone in the stratosphere results in reduced absorption of ultraviolet radiation . Consequently , unabsorbed and dangerous ultraviolet radiation is able to reach the Earth 's surface at a higher intensity . Ozone levels have dropped by a worldwide average of about 4 percent since the late 1970s . For approximately 5 percent of the Earth 's surface , around the north and south poles , much larger seasonal declines have been seen , and are described as `` ozone holes '' . The discovery of the annual depletion of ozone above the Antarctic was first announced by Joe Farman , Brian Gardiner and Jonathan Shanklin , in a paper which appeared in Nature on May 16 , 1985 . </P>
<P> The breakdown of ozone in the stratosphere results in reduced absorption of ultraviolet radiation . Consequently , unabsorbed and dangerous ultraviolet radiation is able to reach the Earth 's surface at a higher intensity . Ozone levels have dropped by a worldwide average of about 4 percent since the late 1970s . For approximately 5 percent of the Earth 's surface , around the north and south poles , much larger seasonal declines have been seen , and are described as `` ozone holes '' . The discovery of the annual depletion of ozone above the Antarctic was first announced by Joe Farman , Brian Gardiner and Jonathan Shanklin , in a paper which appeared in Nature on May 16 , 1985 . </P>
where was it first discovered that the earths ozone layer was being depleted
where was it first discovered that the earths ozone layer was being depleted
Joe Farman Brian Gardiner Jonathan Shanklin
Joe Farman Brian Gardiner Jonathan Shanklin