One chlorine atom can destroy over 100,000 ozone molecules before it is removed from the stratosphere, destroying ozone more quickly than it is naturally created, according to a federal agency. This ...

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 acts like sunscreen, blocking potentially harmful ultraviolet energy from reaching our planet's surface. Without it, humans and animals could ...

Located in the stratosphere, the ozone layer acts like sunscreen, blocking potentially harmful ultraviolet energy from reaching our planet's surface. Without it, humans and animals could ...

Over the past 30 years, humans have successfully phased out many of the chemicals that harm the ozone layer, the atmospheric shield that sits in the stratosphere about nine to 18 miles (15 to 30 ...

In May 1985, scientists reported the first evidence of a substantial loss of ozone high in the atmosphere ... might be harming the stratospheric ozone layer, which is some 15–30 kilometres ...

The researchers say there is no direct evidence that the ozone layer is recovering ... In the upper atmosphere, or stratosphere, CFCs can spark a complex chain of chemical reactions that leads ...

Massive 2022 Eruption Reduced Ozone Layer Levels Nov. 20, 2023 — The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano changed the chemistry and dynamics of the stratosphere in the year following the eruption ...