Given that some ozone-depleting substances also function as greenhouse gases, their phaseout is an added bonus for the climate, it says, whilst stressing the need for continued monitoring and to avoid ...

The ozone layer sits toward the bottom of the stratosphere, roughly 20 to 40 kilometers (66,000 and 131,000 feet) above the ground.

As of September 13, the ozone hole was 18.48 million square kilometres (7.13 million square miles) smaller than the same time in recent years. While scientists caution that this change is largely ...

The ozone layer that shields life from the sun's cancer-causing ultraviolet rays is showing its first sign of thickening after years of dangerous depletion, a U.N. study says.

Conclusive proof of a recovery in the ozone layer could be decades away, scientists say, and some areas, such as the area over the Canadian Arctic, are still at risk.

If the trend continues, and the 'fingerprint' of ozone recovery grows stronger, the researchers anticipate that soon there will be a year, here and there, when the ozone layer stays entirely intact.

The annual hole in Earth's ozone layer closed at the beginning of this month, scientists recently announced. This year's hole in the layer was smaller in 2024 than we’ve seen in any other year ...

Without an adequate ozone layer, life cannot sustain itself on Earth. For that reason — and despite protests from businesses that profited from manufacturing and using CFCs — the international ...

Getty Images A Canadian scientist says he’s discovered a massive hole in the ozone layer over the tropical region of the planet that could impact 50 per cent of the world’s population.

Hole in ozone is larger than ever and only getting bigger – and scientists don’t know why Ozone hole as of 2023 has surpassed its size of three years prior, scientists say ...

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 ...