Archive of Past IO₃C News Items:

July 9 , 2007 - Quadrennial Ozone Symposium (2008) Preliminary Plans Announced

The Quadrennial Ozone Symposium will be held in Tromsoe, Northern Norway from June 29th (Sunday) to July 5th (Saturday), 2008.   For further information see: www.qos2008.no.

April 26, 2007 - Update on 20th Anniversary of the Montreal Protocol Symposium

At the invitation of UNEP, WMO, EESC, IO3C, the Academy of Athens and the National Observatory of Athens, a core group of speakers who have played an important role in the success of the Montreal Protocol from its very beginning, will gather together in Athens, between 23-26 September 2007, to present state of the art scientific results and discuss the success of the implementation of the Montreal Protocol. Please see the updated announcement or visit the symposium website.

September 16, 2006 _ International Ozone Day

A press release is available on the event of the 2005 International Day for the Protection of the Ozone Layer. The theme of the day this year is "Protect the Ozone Layer: Save Life on Earth".  More than two decades since the appearance of the springtime Antarctic ozone hole, ozone remains depleted.

October 25, 2005 _ Anver Ghazi

On the 25th of July our dear colleague Dr. Anver Ghazi died after a painful battle with cancer. We lost a good friend, scientist, and administrator.   Paul J. Crutzen provides this obituary.

October 10, 2005 _ WMO Professor Mariolopoulos Trust Fund Award Nominations

Nominations are now being accepted for the WMO Professor Mariolopoulos Trust Fund Award, which is offered by the Mariolopoulos-Kanaginis Foundation for the Environmental Sciences for an "outstanding reserach paper in atmospheric sciences published or accepted during the last two years in a refereed journal by a young scientist (below 35 years of age by the date of publication). The deadline for nominations is January 31, 2006. More details are available here.

September 16, 2005 - Press Release on the 2005 International Day for the Protection of the Ozone Layer

A new press release is available on the event of the 2005 International Day for the Protection of the Ozone Layer. According to the release, "More than two decades since the appearance of the springtime Antarctic ozone hole, ozone remains depleted."

October 28, 2004 - WMO Antarctic Ozone Bulletin

The WMO has released its 6th Antarctic Ozone Bulletin for 2004 stating that, "The ozone hole continues to be much smaller than the average size the past decade." However, despite it's small size, the "ozone mass deficit" has remained relatively high this year.

October 15, 2004 - WMO Antarctic Ozone Bulletin

The WMO has released its 5th Antarctic Ozone Bulletin for 2004 stating that, "The ozone hole has decreased in size by about 25% from its maximum size in mid-September,".... part of its seasonal cycle.

September 30, 2004 - WMO Antarctic Ozone Bulletin

The WMO has released its 4th Antarctic Ozone Bulletin for 2004 stating that, "During the past two weeks, all but one of the reporting ground-based Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) Antarctic stations have measured ozone values well below the 1964-76 pre-ozone hole norms. "

September 16, 2004 - WMO Antarctic Ozone Bulletin

The WMO has released its 3rd Antarctic Ozone Bulletin for 2004 detailing the current condition of the ozone hole over the antarctic continent.

September 15, 2004 - Press Release on the 2004 International Day for the Protection of the Ozone Layer

A new press release is available on the event of the 2004 International Day for the Protection of the Ozone Layer. According to the release, "On the 20 th anniversary of the discovery of the spring time Antarctic ozone hole, ozone remains depleted in the SH spring and over the high northern latitudes following cold winters."

September 3, 2004 - WMO Antarctic Ozone Bulletin

The WMO has released its 2nd Antarctic Ozone Bulletin for 2004.

August 16, 2004 - WMO Antarctic Ozone Bulletin

The WMO has released its 1st Antarctic Ozone Bulletin for 2004.

June 15, 2004 - Quadrennial Symposium Successful

The twentieth Quadrennial Symposium on Atmospheric Ozone coincides with the 20th anniversary of the discovery of the springtime Antarctic ozone hole. It also marks two decades of intensified basic research in atmospheric chemistry and physics and in global atmospheric monitoring. The progress in our understanding of the impact of human activities on the chemistry and physics of the global stratosphere since the previous Quadrennial Ozone Symposium was presented among the 690 research papers at the XX Quadrennial Ozone Symposium, held in Kos, Greece, 1-8 June 2004. A detailed summary report is available.

November 24, 2003 _ WMO Professor Mariolopoulos Trust Fund Award Nominations

Nominations are now being accepted for the WMO Professor Mariolopoulos Trust Fund Award, which is offered by the Mariolopoulos-Kanaginis Foundation for the Environmental Sciences for an "outstanding reserach paper in atmospheric sciences published or accepted during the last two years in a refereed journal by a young scientist (below 35 years of age by the date of publication). The deadline for nominations is March 31, 2004. More details are available here.

September 13, 2003 - Press Release on the 2003 International Day for the Protection of the Ozone Layer

A new press release is available discussing the 2003 International Day for the Protection of the Ozone Layer. Please visit the press page for more information.

June 12th, 2003 - 2003 Dobson Award Fro Young Scientists

The International Ozone Commission is now accepting nominations for the 2003 Dobson Award For Young Scientists which is granted for one or more outstanding research paper(s) in atmospheric sciences published or accepted in a refereed journal since the last Quadrennial Ozone Symposium (July 2002) by a young scientist (age below 35 years by the date of acceptance of the paper). For more details, please look here.

September 14, 2002 - Press Release on the 2002 International Day for the Protection of the Ozone Layer

A new press release is available discussing the International Day for the Protection of the Ozone Layer. Please visit the press page for more information.

August 26, 2002 - 7th International Conference on Southern Hemisphere Oceanography

We have received a letter from Anne Thompson announcing the 7th International Conference on Southern Hemisphere Oceanography (7ICSHMO), also known as the AMS Southern Hemisphere Conference. For more information, read the original email.

October 30, 2001 - Papers from 200 Quadrennial Ozone Symposium Now Available

We now have available all the papers collected for the 2000 Quadrennial Ozone Symposium. For ease of navigation, there are separate indices for oral presentations and poster presentations.

September 4, 2001 - Press Release on the 2002 International Day for the Protection of the Ozone Layer

A new preliminary press release is now available detailing the International Day for Protection of the Ozone Layer and the record decreases in ozone over Antarctica. For more information, click here.

January 10, 2001 - Minutes of the Sapporo Symposium Available

Brief minutes were added for the most recent symposium in Sapporo. Additionally, there is now a links section of the web site with links to IO₃C-related resources.

November 11, 2000 - IOC to Help Sponsor Upcoming IAMAS Symposium

IO₃C will be helping to sponsor an upcoming IAMAS Symposium. For more information, click here.