Yet this trail-blazing treaty, conceived with the finding of the ozone hole, is a climate-diplomacy superhero. The book transports one back to 1985 when British Antarctic Survey’s Joe Farman, Brian ...

What’s more, scientists will lose their ability to watch for harmful impacts to the ozone layer from wildfires and stratospheric aerosol injections aimed at countering climate warming.

Located in the stratosphere, the ozone layer blocks potentially harmful ultraviolet energy from reaching our planet's surface.

However, global efforts to reduce halocarbon use have since led to a slow but steady recovery of the stratospheric ozone layer. About 90% of Earth's ozone is in the stratosphere, where it protects ...

Over the past 30 years, humans have successfully phased out many of the chemicals that harm the ozone layer, the atmospheric shield that sits in the stratosphere about nine to 18 miles (15 to 30 ...

destroying the ozone layer. One atom of chlorine in the stratosphere can destroy more than 100,000 ozone molecules, the EPA states. The ozone layer provides critical protection to Earth from ...

Earth's ozone layer is vital to protecting all forms of life – from crops to humans – from the sun's harmful radiation. This shield in Earth's stratosphere has been depleted for decades ...

This is known to contribute to climate change. The ozone layer sits toward the bottom of the stratosphere, roughly 20 to 40 kilometers (66,000 and 131,000 feet) above the ground. It gets its name ...

In the 1980s, scientists found that chlorofluorocarbons used in aerosol cans and refrigerators were destroying stratospheric ...

“In 2015, scientists at NASA predicted that the Ozone Hole would be half closed by 2020. That hasn’t happened. Other scientists have forecasted that the hole will not begin to disappear until 2040 or ...

Massive 2022 Eruption Reduced Ozone Layer Levels Nov. 20, 2023 — The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano changed the chemistry and dynamics of the stratosphere in the year following the eruption ...