The Earth’s protective layer is on track to recover within four decades as damaging airborne chemicals are phased out, helping to shield humans from the sun’s rays and limit global warming, a ...

What's up with the hazy skies over parts of Connecticut Wednesday? The most likely culprit is ozone, though not the kind high up in the atmosphere that forms a protective shield against harmful rays ...

Space Astronomy The Sun Rare, mystery blasts from sun can devastate the ozone layer and spike radiation levels on Earth News By Pavle Arsenovic, Alan Cooper published July 4, 2024 ...

It may just be a thin layer of gas but it protects life on earth. The global attempt to repair it is one of the greatest environmental success stories. In the 1980s, the ozone layer — or lack of ...

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 ...

In the 1980s scientists discovered a crucial part of the Earth’s atmosphere was extremely thin.

The ultraviolet index measures the intensity of the sun's harmful rays. Learning how to read it can help you protect your ...

Atmospheric physicists Paul Newman and Luke Oman built a simulation of the Earth’s atmosphere and then proceeded to strip away our protective ozone layer. Their computer model reproduced the chemistry ...

A new study claims that beautiful auroras aren't just pretty sights, they also make holes in our planet's ozone layer ...

We must rid ourselves of nuclear weapons or lose life as we know it on this planet, the Hampton Roads Campaign to Abolish ...

In the 1980s, the ozone layer — or lack of it — loomed large in the public imagination, as scientists warned its continued destruction could be catastrophic for humanity and the planet. That warning ...