Archive: https://archive.today/vTEzU From the post: >>Scientists have discovered that efforts to fix the ozone layer and save the planet over the last 40 years have actually backfired and are set to increase levels of global warming. The ozone layer is a natural shield high in the sky that blocks dangerous ultraviolet rays from the sun from reaching us. Chemicals from spray cans and old refrigerators were blamed for the massive hole forming in the atmosphere in the 1980s, leading to global efforts aimed at reducing the use of chemical pollutants and repairing the damage. However, as the hole has closed, an international team from the US and Europe found more ozone gas has filled the upper sky. That extra ozone, which is a special kind of oxygen that forms when sunlight hits regular air, acts like a blanket, trapping heat that would otherwise escape into space.