Brian G. Gardiner
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Brian Gerard Gardiner is a retired British meteorologist, formerly working for the British Antarctic Survey
. Together with Joe Farman
and Jonathan Shanklin he discovered the "Ozone Hole"
. Their results were first published on May 16, 1985.
British Antarctic Survey
The British Antarctic Survey is the United Kingdom's national Antarctic operation and has an active role in Antarctic affairs. BAS is part of the Natural Environment Research Council and has over 400 staff. It operates five research stations, two ships and five aircraft in and around Antarctica....
. Together with Joe Farman
Joe Farman
Joseph Charles Farman is the British geophysicist who, together with Brian Gardiner and Jon Shanklin, published the discovery of the ozone hole over Antarctica...
and Jonathan Shanklin he discovered the "Ozone Hole"
Ozone depletion
Ozone depletion describes two distinct but related phenomena observed since the late 1970s: a steady decline of about 4% per decade in the total volume of ozone in Earth's stratosphere , and a much larger springtime decrease in stratospheric ozone over Earth's polar regions. The latter phenomenon...
. Their results were first published on May 16, 1985.