In the mid-1980s, scientists published a startling finding–a giant hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica. That’s the ...

NASA and NOAA recently announced good news concerning the ozone hole. What are lessons about science, policy and skepticism ...

At a time when surging AQI levels and toxic air dominate headlines, there is rare good news for the planet. The Earth’s ...

It's been 40 years since groundbreaking research announced the discovery of a hole in the ozone layer, a revelation that launched a rapid and successful effort to ban chemicals in hairspray, deodorant ...

It's been 40 years since groundbreaking research announced the discovery of a hole in the ozone layer, a revelation that launched a rapid and successful effort to ban chemicals in hairspray, deodorant ...

In a promising update, scientists have revealed that the ozone hole is healing – and it could soon close up for good. The Copernicus Atmospheric Monitoring Service (CAMS) found that the hole – which ...

It has now been almost four decades since scientists discovered the growing hole in Earth's ozone layer. But climate researchers now say that the protective shield, around 20 miles above our planet's ...

Invisible to the eye but powerful in impact, HCFCs or hydrochlorofluorocarbons are chemicals once widely used to cool homes ...

This map shows the size and shape of the ozone hole over the South Pole on Oct. 5, 2022, when it reached its single-day maximum extent for the year. Credits: NASA Earth Observatory image by Joshua ...

A NASA map shows the size of the Antarctic ozone hole at its largest point this year, when it spread to the size of North America. The ozone layer protects life on Earth from the sun's ultraviolet ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Earth’s protective ozone layer is beginning to recover, largely because of the phase-out since the 1980s of certain chemicals used in refrigerants and aerosol cans, a U.N. scientific ...