If current trends hold, the ozone hole could shrink back to its size in the 1980s, according to the World Meteorological ...

Commercial space launches are impacting Earth's ozone layer. Rocket exhaust releases chemicals that degrade ozone. Satellite ...

As spaceflight becomes increasingly routine, the environmental cost of reaching orbit is coming under scrutiny. A recent study published in NPJ: Climate and Atmospheric Science highlights an emerging ...

The burgeoning space industry may be posing a significant threat to our planet’s protective ozone layer. Recent studies have ...

The ozone layer is on track to fully recover from its depletion within the next four decades, a panel of scientists gathered by the United Nations said on Monday. In an assessment conducted every four ...

From late 2019 until the start of 2020, the Australian‘ Black Summer’ bushfires damaged the Earth's ozone layer by burning millions of tons of soot and ash into the air, according to a new study. The ...

Scientists have reported that the Earth’s ozone layer is healing faster than expected and could be fully restored by 2066.

The ozone layer is known to block ultraviolet rays, shielding the surface of Earth from high-energy radiation. Scientists were concerned that degradation of the ozone layer would increase rates of ...

After a major setback in the 2010s, the most recent U.N. assessment says the Montreal Protocol has succeeded in safeguarding Earth's ozone layer. reading time 3 minutes When it comes to the health of ...

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 ...

T here's good news for the ozone layer. NOAA's annual analysis of the ozone layer this year showed that levels of ozone-depleting chemicals in the atmosphere had dropped to numbers considered a ...