Operation ozone: how the world patched up the hole in the sky

Forever Ago

American Public Media

Kids & Family, History, Education For Kids

4.4 • 5.3K Ratings

🗓️ 6 December 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Climate change can feel like an overwhelming problem, so it’s important to shine a light on environmental success stories. One such tale? How the world came together to save the ozone!

Join Joy and co-host Asa as they whisk listeners from the birth of ozone-depleting chemicals, to the scientific discovery that these chemicals were destroying our atmosphere, to the stunning act of international cooperation that lead to the Montreal Protocol, the world’s most successful environmental agreement to this day. Plus, a First Things First to light up your day!

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0:00.0	In a world where stranger things keep happening, do you ever think about all the
0:07.0	stranger things happening in the world? Like how celebrities can't stop eating
0:11.9	spicy chicken wings,
0:13.8	or how low-rise pants are back in style,
0:16.3	or how your lights will not stop flickering.
0:20.5	Even stranger, have you noticed the environment is getting weirder and weirder?
0:25.0	Like massive wildfires or rising sea levels or plastics in our oceans?
0:31.0	Yeah, what can we do about it?
0:33.8	Surely people have dealt with strange things like this before.
0:36.8	A beloved podcast host and her trust-to-host,
0:40.5	search to find hope in history.
0:43.0	Come on, Aisa, bike faster.
0:47.0	We've got history to find.
0:49.0	Why are we heading towards that creepy looking forest?
0:52.0	Because that's where some of the best history... Why are we heading towards that creepy-looking forest?
0:52.7	Because that's where some of the best history is kept.
0:56.3	I don't know about that.
0:57.6	And things just keep getting otter and otter.
1:02.0	Otters? I love Otters. Oh, they're so cute and sometimes they hold hands when they swim.
1:08.8	And their little noses are so adorable. Oh, and their fur seems so soft.
1:13.8	O-H-E-S-O-S-O-T-E-R-O-D-E-R, like odd, odd, weird, mysterious, odder stuff.
1:28.0	Oh, I get it. Oh, Otter. Is that why my pants are backwards?
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