Climate change is speeding up the destruction of nitrous oxide in the stratosphere, introducing uncertainty into future ...

Scientists at the University of California, Irvine have discovered that climate change is causing nitrous oxide, a potent ...

Powerful monsoon winds, strengthened by a warming climate, are lofting unexpectedly large quantities of ozone-depleting substances high into the atmosphere over East Asia, according to new research.

An international research team led by the University of Bremen has detected chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) in Earth's atmosphere ...

International agreements – such as the Montreal Protocol and associated Kigali Amendment - have been largely successful in reducing emissions of ozone depleting substances. However, in recent years, ...

The Antarctic ozone hole has shrunk to its smallest and shortest-lived size since 2019, offering encouraging evidence that ...

A new MIT-led study confirms that the Antarctic ozone layer is healing, as a direct result of global efforts to reduce ozone-depleting substances. Scientists including the MIT team have observed signs ...

The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) approved an ozone-depleting substances position statement and The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, ...

The morning sun shines through the trees of a redwood forest in the Forest of Nisene Marks State Park in Santa Cruz County, California. The 10,000-acre park boasts over 40 miles of hiking trails of ...

Member states agreed today on a mandate for the presidency to start negotiations with the European Parliament on two proposals for regulations that aim to phase down substances that cause greenhouse ...

The Federal Ministry of Environment says it will phase out the use of trichloroethane substance by 2015 as part of efforts to protect the ozone layer. The Deputy Director, Pollution and Environmental ...