This year’s ozone hole over Antarctica ranked among the smallest since the early 1990s, reflecting steady progress from ...

The ozone layer, Earth's invisible shield against harmful ultraviolet radiation, sits quietly in the stratosphere between ...

The ozone layer is on track to fully recover from its depletion within the next four decades, a panel of scientists gathered by the United Nations said on Monday. In an assessment conducted every four ...

After years of observing the weakening of the ozone layer, experts were astonished to notice that the Antarctic ozone hole ...

The largest single-day size for the 2025 hole occurred on September 9, when it expanded to 8.83 million square miles (22.86 ...

Earth’s protective ozone layer is on track to fully recover from human-made damage following the near total phasing out of ozone-depleting substances, according to a UN-backed report. The Earth’s ...

Sign up for the On Point newsletter here. In the 1980s, the world came together to ban CFCs, commonly used chemicals that were destroying the atmosphere’s ozone ...

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, allowing ...

The Antarctic ozone hole of 2025 was measured as the fifth-smallest since 1992, signaling continued healing of the Earth's crucial ozone layer. This encouraging update comes from a joint analysis by ...

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The NOAA-NASA analysis published on November 24 confirms that the ongoing controls established by the Montreal Protocol and ...