According to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the area affected by the ozone hole reached its peak this year on Sept. 16. It was larger than that recorded in 2010 and 2012 but smaller ...

A massively large and “rather unusual” hole in the ozone layer that opened up above the Arctic this spring has closed, scientists said. Copernicus’ Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS ...

And it had grown extremely thin over Antarctica. So the ozone hole, as it became known, was absorbing less UV light than normal. In fact, from Sept. through Nov. of that year, the ozone levels in ...

But in October, when the hole is often largest, the ozone level in the middle stratospheric layer shrunk by 26% from 2004 to 2022, said the study, citing satellite data.

Nearly 30 years after the landmark Montreal Protocol went into effect to protect our planet's stratospheric ozone layer, there is finally evidence that the protective blanket that shields us from ...

ESA say atmospheric conditions were to blame for the new new - causing by an extremely strong polar vortex mixing with post-winter sunlight. A hole has opened in the ozone layer over the Arctic ...

Thinner ozone means more UVB radiation raining down, causing higher risks of skin cancer and cataracts. The danger is still real, even as the hole shrinks. The battle for a stronger, healthier shi ...

The ozone hole is seasonal, appearing between September ... with a high degree of context—a rat encountering cheese in location A encodes a significantly different memory than when it encounters ...

(CNN)-- The ozone hole over Antarctica in 2008 is larger in both size and ozone loss than last year, but not as large as in 2006, the European Space Agency said Tuesday. The hole is a thinning ...