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

However, this only goes for the ozone layer in the mesosphere ... in a study describing their findings. —These astronaut photos of auroras seen from space are just breathtaking —Ozone hole ...

and polar stratospheric clouds—as well as the ozone layer. Credit: Crystal-K/Getty Images The ozone layer sits toward the bottom of the stratosphere, roughly 20 to 40 kilometers (66,000 and ...

The ozone layer shields the earth from the sun's ultraviolet ... and it wasn’t really until you got the satellite images that you could see oh, there’s a hole there. Soon after, the United ...

NASA's Earth Observatory backs up this claim with visual proof. Their satellite images, taken since the 1970s, show the ozone layer hole peaking in the early 2000s. Since then, it has consistently ...

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 ...

New research shows how they also temporarily depleted the ozone layer. DLMcK via Getty Images Australia’s bushfire season of 2019 to 2020 was one of the worst on record for the country ...

Humankind will soon lose a great deal of vigilance over the ozone layer, which shields life on Earth from harmful solar radiation. The impending loss of NASA’s Aura and the Canadian Space Agency ...

SINGAPORE, Sept 17 (Reuters) - The world's ozone layer is on "the road to long-term recovery" despite a destructive volcanic eruption in the South Pacific, the World Meteorological Organization ...

The ozone layer is a part of Earth’s atmosphere that captures some of the Sun’s ultraviolet (UV) light emissions. When the ozone layer is compromised, its ability to absorb radiation weakens ...