Antarctica is the world's great cooling unit. This vital part of Earth's climate system is largely powered by the annual ...

New research shows that penguin guano in Antarctica is an important source of ammonia aerosol particles that help drive the ...

Jonathan Shanklin, a meteorologist and an emeritus fellow for the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), helped discover the hole in the ozone layer in 1985 along with Joe Farman and Brian G. Gardiner.

The 1985 discovery identified a dramatic thinning of the ozone layer over our southernmost continent, triggering immediate ...

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

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

When we look back at human history, most of our great collective achievements have long-term science at their core. Science has saved us many times from the precipice of disaster and given us ...

The ozone layer over Antarctica, damaged by air pollution decades ago, has fortunately been recovering in recent years. Scientists have observed gradual ozone restoration since the 2000s, but now, one ...

Four decades ago, scientists sounded the alarm after discovering a growing 'hole' in the ozone above Antarctica. This protective layer of gas shields life on Earth from the sun's harmful ...