Dr David Fahey is the Director of the Chemical Sciences Laboratory in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and he also serves as a Co-Chair of its the Montreal Protocol’s Scientific Assessment Panel, which produces the quadrennial assessments of stratospheric ozone depletion. In this episode, we discuss flying planes into the stratosphere to conduct experiments on ozone depletion, the success of the Montreal Protocol, and solar radiation modification (SRM) - potential impacts, future for research and deployment regulation.
Links:
- David Fahey ’s profile
- David's work with the NASA Airborne Science Program,
- Including this paper based on the 1987 Airborne Antarctic Ozone Experiment over the Antarctic
- Montreal Protocol Scientific Assessment Panel
- The 2022 Quadrennial report and Executive Summary
- One Atmosphere, the UNEP review on SRM research and deployment
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