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

The chemicals that helped save the ozone layer may be quietly seeding the planet with an indestructible pollutant.

Chemicals brought in to help protect our ozone layer have had the unintended consequences of spreading vast quantities of a ...

Concentrations of a forever chemical known as TFA is increasing in rainwater, drinking water, soil and plants.

An international research team led by the University of Bremen has detected chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) in the Earth's atmosphere for the first time in historical measurements from 1951 – 20 years ...

The global oceans are gearing up to spray all that 1980s hair spray back in our faces. Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), the aerosol chemicals that tore a hole in Earth's protective ozone layer within years ...

Chemicals which caused the hole in Earth’s ozone layer are growing at alarming rates despite an international ban, a new study has found. Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), man-made gases once widely used in ...

The concentrations of some ozone-depleting chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) in the atmosphere are increasing rapidly, scientists warn, despite the production of these chemicals having been banned globally ...

NASA: “Without ozone, the Sun’s intense UV radiation would sterilize the Earth’s surface.” It was 36 years ago in panic mode when the world came together like never before unanimously agreeing to ...

The language is dry and academic, as is appropriate for the abstract of a scientific paper in the prestigious journal Nature. The research described in the short paper, however, fell like a scientific ...