Just a few decades ago, the sky above Antarctica became a symbol of environmental crisis. Scientists had discovered a massive ...

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 ... down in the atmosphere. In fact, the worst ...

Your tax-deductible donation helps make it all possible. The forgotten story of the hole in the ozone layer - and how the world came together to fix it. The scientists and politicians who ...

Have you ever stopped to wonder if humanity is truly capable of reversing the damage we’ve done to our planet? The story of ...

Nearly 30 years after the landmark Montreal Protocol went into effect to protect our planet's stratospheric ozone layer, there is finally evidence that the protective blanket that shields us from ...

Jan. 7, 2025 — If you like the smell of spring roses, the sounds of summer birdsong, and the colors of fall foliage, you have the stabilization of the ozone layer to thank for it. Located in the ...

A hole has opened in the ozone layer over the Arctic due to a 'polar ... This means that ozone depletion will slow down and eventually stop, as polar air will mix with ozone-rich air from lower ...

The European Space agency Copernicus Sentinel satellite detected a giant hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica ... When the winds die down, the hole closes,” he said. Scientists believe ...

Ozone layer ... (the ozone layer), and a much larger springtime decrease in stratospheric ozone over Earth's Polar Regions. The latter phenomenon is referred to as the ozone hole.

The largest hole ever observed in the ozone layer over the Arctic has closed ... much of the world on COVID-19 lockdown. Instead, it's down to the polar vortex, the high-altitude currents that ...

When they’re released into the atmosphere and exposed to sunlight, the UV radiation causes the molecule to break down into their ... A diagram of the ozone layer ‘hole’ above Antarctica.