Re-entries of SpaceX Starlink satellites are causing environmental concerns by releasing aluminium oxide, which could harm the ozone layer. Scientists ...

It was the smoking gun proving that CFCs were chomping away at the ozone layer like so many high-altitude Pac-Men. It was Anderson’s most important contribution to science to date. And it was ...

In the 1970s and 1980s, the ozone layer was devastated by a group of chemicals known as CFCs that were widely used in fridges, spray cans and cleaning products. The 1987 Montreal protocol phased ...

Scientists urge tech solutions to curb falling satellites' impact—causing storms, crop risks, ozone damage, and higher ...

The forgotten story of the hole in the ozone layer - and how the world came together ... who persuaded President Reagan to phase out CFC chemical production; Professor Mario Molina, who won ...

While film may not always provide the most realistic examples, there’s a venerated blueprint for how individual people—not ...

Democrats wearing pink to support women were criticized for being ineffective, Democrats with protest signs were criticized for going against party leadership, and Democrats who left early were ...

When he's not covering science and tech, Andrew is hard at work trying to become the first Pulitzer Prize winner for cat-related journalism. He lives in San Francisco, where he keeps an up-to-date ...

a treaty to phase out chlorofluorocarbons (synthetic chemical compounds composed of chlorine, fluorine, and carbon) which destroy ozone. This was a major breakthrough in terms of slowly healing the ...

The use of these chemicals is controlled by the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (the Montreal Protocol). There are other ozone depleting substances, but their ozone ...