"Can really support better early warnings." Scientists make game-changing breakthrough in battle against smog: 'We've gained ...

Ozone pollution isn’t just a summer story anymore. In parts of northern China, high ozone levels are now appearing during ...

Debris from rockets and satellites can fall back to Earth or collide with other objects, and wreckage that burns up can harm ...

Study shows how daily habits like showering and changing clothes impact airborne chemical formation, surprising findings ...

The ozone layer shields life on Earth. We’ll soon lose a key way to monitor its health. NASA's Aura and Canada's SCISAT near the end of missions to monitor ozone-depleting substances ...

Indeed, though the Antarctic ozone hole shows signs of recovery, the healing process is very slow. CFCs have atmospheric lifetimes of more than 50 years, so even without further emissions, a full ...

The hole in the ozone layer that surrounds the Earth's atmosphere reached the 12th-largest single-day size on record on Sept. 21, 2023, despite improving overall, according to the NOAA.

Ozone also exists at lower concentrations higher up in the ionosphere, a part of the atmosphere that stretches from 37 to 310 miles altitude. At those altitudes, it has some protective effect, but ...

This year’s ozone hole, which peaked on Oct. 5, was the biggest recorded since 2015. But scientists aren’t too concerned. Sign up for the Live Science daily newsletter now ...

Item 1 of 6 A wheat sample exposed to increased levels of Ozone is seen at the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology research site near Bangor, Britain, July 20, 2022.

The recovery of the ozone layer — which sits miles above the Earth and protects the planet from ultraviolet radiation — has long been celebrated as one of the world’s greatest environmental ...

Science; World; Ozone hole grows this year, but still shrinking in general . Oct. 13, 2022 at 10:27 am Updated Oct. 18, 2022 at 1:33 am . By . SETH BORENSTEIN. The Associated Press.