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

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.

It has been 40 years since scientists revealed the shocking discovery of a large hole in the ozone layer above Antarctica, a ...

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 ...

Yet this trail-blazing treaty, conceived with the finding of the ozone hole, is a climate-diplomacy superhero. The book ...

New research suggests that the negative effects of the ozone hole on the carbon uptake of the Southern Ocean are reversible, but only if greenhouse gas emissions rapidly decrease. The study ...

As the ozone hole recovers, however, the study shows this phenomenon could reverse. At the same time, increasing GHG emissions could also lead to stronger winds, so how the Southern Ocean ...

An infographic (below) covers the firm's key predictions for the year ahead. Specifically, it looks at 25 social media trends that businesses of all sizes should be keeping an eye on this year.

Delhi residents welcomed a breezy and pleasant Thursday morning after light rain continued to sweep through parts of the city. A spell of rain and strong winds over the past week has kept the ...

The stratospheric ozone layer exists 10 to 25 miles above the Earth's surface and protects us from harmful ultraviolet radiation, but down here in the troposphere, ozone buildup can impact human ...

The 1985 discovery by scientists at British Antarctic Survey (BAS) - Joe Farman, Brian Gardiner and Jon Shanklin - identified a dramatic thinning of the ozone layer over Antarctica, triggering ...