The ozone layer above the Antarctic may be healing at last, according to a promising new study. The Copernicus Atmospheric Monitoring Service (CAMS) found that the hole above the South Pole closed ...

It has now been almost four decades since scientists discovered the growing hole in Earth's ozone layer. But climate ...

The whole humanity around the world and each generation must take up the baton to ensure the continued survival of our planet ...

A hole in the ozone layer - the protective barrier of gas in the upper atmosphere - now lingers over the frozen continent for more of the year. A major cause of ozone loss is believed to be the ...

By 1992, the hole was as large as North America. Alamy Researcher capturing air samples from the ozone layer above the Arctic What was happening was that chemicals called chlorofluorocarbons ...

The hole in the Antarctic ozone layer has been getting deeper in austral mid-spring over the last two decades, according to New Zealand researchers working with scientists from Otago University ...

“The ozone layer has diminished more than 50% from its normal values and the UV intensity index has jumped from four to ten, according to the 16 October reading when the hole reached the 51 ...

That hasn’t happened. Other scientists have forecasted that the hole will not begin to disappear until 2040 or later. But the longer the hole persists, the greater the likelihood that the ozone layer ...

The ozone layer is a protective shield in the Earth's stratosphere which absorbs some of the ultraviolet radiation reaching us from the sun. Without the layer, it would be nearly impossible for ...

Let’s take a look at why the ozone layer matters, and how it’s being affected by these wildfires. NASA modelling shows that the hole in the ozone layer would have covered the entire Earth by ...

Because ozone usually absorbs UV light, a hole in the ozone layer can not only cause extreme UV levels on the surface of Antarctica, but it can also drastically impact where heat is stored in the ...