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

Humankind will soon lose a great deal of vigilance over the ozone layer, which shields life on Earth from harmful solar radiation. The impending loss of NASA’s Aura and the Canadian Space Agency ...

The thousands of satellites operated by companies from Starlink to Telesat will eventually burn up in the atmosphere when ...

In 2023, observers at the European Space Agency noted that the hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica was roughly three times the size of Brazil and was "one of the biggest on record." ...

Their potential damage to Earth's ozone layer is troubling ... largely focused on the consequences of launching a vehicle into space, such as the release of rocket fuel. But this latest study ...

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.

Tight bonds hold the molecule’s oxygen atoms together, allowing a layer of ozone in the stratosphere to absorb most of the harmful ultraviolet (UV) radiation streaming in from space, preventing ...

Earth’s space junk may be wreaking havoc on the stratosphere ... chemistry — including its ultraviolet light–shielding ozone layer — isn’t yet clear. But scientists are racing to ...

It's been 40 years since groundbreaking research announced the discovery of a hole in the ozone layer, a revelation that launched a rapid and successful effort to ban chemicals in hairspray ...

Satellites’ impact on the ozone layer begins before they’re even in ... needed clarity from the atmosphere soon: The European Space Agency plans to launch a mission in 2027 that would follow ...

It's been 40 years since groundbreaking research announced the discovery of a hole in the ozone layer, a revelation that launched a rapid and successful effort to ban chemicals in hairspray ...