The chemicals that helped save the ozone layer may be quietly seeding the planet with an indestructible pollutant.

A new study reveals that chemicals used to replace ozone-damaging CFCs are now driving a surge in a persistent “forever ...

Chemicals brought in to help protect our ozone layer have had the unintended consequences of spreading vast quantities of a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The European Space Agency reported that one of the largest holes in the ozone layer on record has been observed above the ...

Thousands of satellites that disintegrate upon re-entry release aluminum into the atmosphere, disrupting polar winds and the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's been 40 years since groundbreaking research announced the discovery of a hole in the ozone layer, a revelation that launched ...

Climate change makes nitrous oxide disappear faster, creating new uncertainty for future climate and ozone predictions.

The NOAA and NASA agencies have reported that the hole in the ozone layer above Antarctica is this year the fifth smallest since 1992. At its peak, it covered an average of 18.71 million square ...

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 ...

An international research team led by the University of Bremen has detected chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) in Earth's atmosphere for the first time in historical measurements from 1951—20 years earlier ...

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 ...

The ozone layer is a part of Earth’s atmosphere that captures some of the Sun’s ultraviolet (UV) light emissions. When the ozone layer is compromised, its ability to absorb radiation weakens, allowing ...