Newman is co-chair of report on Hunga volcanic eruption, and contributed to NASA article on ozone hole
Paul Newman (610/UMBC) is a co-chair of the Hunga Volcanic Eruption Atmospheric Impacts Report project, along with co-chairs Drs. Yunqian Zhu (Univ. of Colorado, CIRES), William Randel (National Center for Atmospheric Research), and Graham Mann (Univ. of Leeds). They plan to release the report at the upcoming American Geophysical Union (AGU) conference, which will be held Dec 15-19, 2025. According to Dr. Newman, “The report provides a comprehensive analysis of the atmospheric effects of the Hunga 15 January 2022 eruption. This report is an APARC (Atmospheric Processes And their Role in Climate) project within the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP), and consists of 7 chapters that were drafted by 159 scientists from 21 different countries.”
For more information on the HTHH volcanic eruption, watch this 2022 video, "How NASA Sees the Life Cycle of Volcanic Island Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai" from the Goddard SVS.
Also, in a recent NASA article titled “NASA, NOAA Rank 2025 Ozone Hole as 5th Smallest Since 1992,” Paul Newman, the leader of the ozone research team at NASA GSFC, discussed the encouraging discovery of the ozone holes being smaller, but adds that there’s a long way to go. The article states that “the ozone layer in the stratosphere remains on track to recover fully later this century.”
This news item discusses the Montreal Protocol and the monitoring of ozone-depleting substances, such as chlorine, bromine, chlorofluorocarbons, etc., as well as how researchers worldwide study the ozone layer. At NASA’s Ozone Watch website, we can “view the latest status of the ozone layer over the Antarctic, with a focus on the ozone hole.” (And, in this related 2021 "back to basics" video, “Ozone 101: What Is the Ozone Hole?”, Dr. Newman and former GESTAR II/UMBC/GSFC scientist Dr. Susan Strahan served as consultants.)
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Posted: December 9, 2025, 5:07 PM
