The person who discovered the ozone layer hole died

Scientist Joe Farman of the British Antarctic Survey Institute, who identified holes in the ozone layer in Antarctica, died at the age of 82.

Dr. Farman (left) announced his findings with Brian Gardiner and Jon Shanklin on the ozone layer issue - ( Photo: BBC News)

Dr. Farman published his findings together with Brian Gardiner and Jon Shanklin in Nature in 1985.

Professor Alan Rodger, interim director of the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), said: "Joe is an excellent physicist and his work has changed our way of the natural world." .

After graduating from Cambridge University, Dr. Farman was appointed scientist at the survey institute of the Falkland Islands, the precursor of BAS, in 1956.

He became the head of the Falkland physical survey unit at Edinburgh University in 1969 and returned to BAS in Cambridge, taking over as head of the physics department in 1976. That was when he turned his attention to problem of monitoring ozone layer in Antarctica.

Dr. Farman received numerous awards acknowledging his findings, including the environmental medal of the Chemical Industry Association (SCI), the Chree medal and the award, the honorary member of the association of 500 people. globally, as well as receiving OBE and CBE medals in 1988 and 2000 respectively.

In 2010, speaking to BBC News on the 25th anniversary of the discovery of the ozone layer in the Antarctic, Dr. Farman said that the environment we live in is still damaged in many different ways.