A SPECIAL laboratory researching air quality and climate change is set to open at the University of York.

The new multi-million pound new facility, called the Wolfson Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratories, brings all the university's researchers in the field under one roof.

It will be opened on Monday by the Professor A R Ravishankara from Colorado State University, who will also give a lecture on ozone layer depletion.

The lecture starts at 6pm in the Ron Cooke Hub auditorium.

Tickets are free but should be booked via www.york.ac.uk, by email on publiclectures@york.ac.uk or phone 01904 324778.