Atmosphere got mo' 'zone

Oscar Pistorius has been found not guilty on charges of premeditated murder, however, lesser charges against the disgraced Paralympian turned Olympian remain pending at time of posting. One man that won't have to worry about that is Bond villain Richard Kiel, who has died at the age of 74. But enough about that because thirteen years after the World Trade Center fell to the ground in what some conspiracy theorists believe to be an inside job, we finally have some good news about the environment - the giant hole in Earth’s ozone layer is shrinking. The atmospheric layer that protects Earth’s inhabitants from the sun’s harmful ultraviolet rays is slowly rebuilding itself, according to a United Nations report published yesterday. Scientists credit the recovery to the phasing out of chemicals used in refrigerators, air conditioners, and aerosol cans in the 1980s. “It’s a victory for diplomacy and for science and for the fact that we were able to work together,” said chemist Mario Molina, who won a Nobel Prize for his research into the ozone layer.