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.

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 ...

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 ...

It is expected to recover to 1980 levels by 2040, a new U.N. report found. When the hole in the ozone layer was first discovered in 1985, Paul A. Newman was shaken as a scientist. "I lost a lot of ...

The ozone layer protects the planet from harmful ultraviolet ... warming through measures such as spraying aerosols into the stratosphere to reflect sunlight out of the earth’s atmosphere.

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 ...

"This important milestone demonstrates the benefits of the Protocol for mitigating climate change and stratospheric ozone layer loss." Ultimately ratified by 198 nations, including every country ...

"We never thought there was any possibility to see a hole over the tropics," said Lu. Located in Earth's stratosphere, the ozone layer is a shield of chemicals (containing a high concentration of ...

Ozone just adds another atom. The beneficial ozone layer, located high up above the ground in the stratosphere, is the feature that keeps all of us from burning to a crisp. The stratospheric ozone ...

Located in the stratosphere, the ozone layer acts like sunscreen, blocking potentially harmful ultraviolet energy from reaching our planet's surface. Without it, humans and animals could ...