Arctic lost 60 percent of ozone layer; global warming suspected.(Knight Ridder Newspapers) From: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service | Date: April 5, 2000| Author: Borenstein, Seth | COPYRIGHT 2000 Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

WASHINGTON _ Earth's protective ozone layer thinned to record low levels around the Arctic region this past winter _ and will probably worsen over the next decade, a massive new NASA-European study reveals.

Scientists say their new research makes them fear that the ozone layer may not recover as fast as they once thought. Global warming appears to be offsetting gains from a 1996 ban on ozone-depleting chemicals.

Thinning of the Arctic ozone is much more danger...

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