On May 16, 1985, a shocking announcement revealed a massive hole in the ozone layer above Antarctica, raising concerns about a possible increase in skin cancer and a global temperature rise of up to 2 ...

In the 1970s, scientists grew concerned about the hole's expansion, which was largely driven by ozone-depleting chemicals such as chlorofluorocarbons or CFCs.

Earth's protective ozone layer is slowly but noticeably healing at a pace that would fully mend the hole over Antarctica in about 43 years, a new United Nations report says.

ANALYSIS The ozone layer is recovering faster than expected, thanks to global cooperation Successful bans on chemicals that eat away the ozone layer demonstrate pollution and climate change is a ...

Such happy results are not limited to just this one situation, says Susan Solomon, noted ozone researcher and Martin Professor of Environmental Studies at MIT. (In 1986, Solomon led a scientific ...

If you’re over 30, you likely remember a time when there was a lot of hand-wringing over the ozone hole and skin cancer, as well as the threat of acid rain destroying life in lakes and on land ...

Ozone layer is slowly healing, with the hole to be mended by 2066, U.N. says In this NASA image, the blue and purple show the hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica on Oct. 5, 2022.

DENVER (AP) — Earth’s protective ozone layer is slowly but noticeably healing at a pace that would fully mend the hole over Antarctica in about 43 years, a new United Nations report says.

Earth’s protective ozone layer is slowly but noticeably healing at a pace that would fully mend the hole over Antarctica in about 43 years, a new United Nations report says.

FILE - In this image, from September 2006, the Antarctic ozone hole was equal to the record single-day largest area of 11.4 million square miles (29.5 million square kilometres), reached on Sept ...