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A 3D rendering of the ozone hole evolution in 2025. Forty years after global policymakers began grappling with the crisis posed by a gaping hole in Earth’s protective ozone layer over Antarctica, the ...

In the mid-1980s, scientists published a startling finding–a giant hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica. That’s the protective shield that... The ozone layer is still healing…thanks to science In ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images) On September 16, 1987, the international community did something almost unheard ...

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

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

In a revelation highlighting the fragile balance of our planet's atmosphere, scientists have uncovered an unexpected link between massive wildfire events and the chemistry of the ozone layer. Using ...

DENVER (AP) — Earth’s protective ozone layer is slowly but noticeably healing at a pace that would fully mend the hole over Antarctica in about 43 years, a new United Nations report says. A once-every ...

Bizarre, beautiful clouds—known as mother-of-pearl clouds because they resemble the inside of a pearl oyster shell—have been caught on camera high in the sky over Norway. These polar stratospheric ...

As SpaceX's Starlink satellites die, they're likely killing something else with them: the strength of Earth's ozone layer. That's because when they fall into Earth's atmosphere and burn up, the ...

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 ...

On September 16, 1987, the international community did something almost unheard of, especially in today's world: It worked together to protect the planet. "This important milestone demonstrates the ...