Chemicals used in refrigeration break down in the atmosphere to produce trifluoroacetic acid, a persistent pollutant that ...

LONDON (ANI) – Researchers at the University of East Anglia (UEA) have found that the damage caused by the ozone hole to the Southern Ocean’s ability to absorb carbon can be reversed—but only if ...

The potential effects of satellite reentry on Earth's atmosphere have drawn attention in recent years, particularly regarding the ozone layer and the chemical composition of the stratosphere.

GENEVA - The Earth's protective ozone layer is healing and the ozone hole in 2024 was smaller than in recent years, a UN meteorological agency said in a report Tuesday. The low level of ozone ...

ABSTRACT: Climate change is one of the most significant environmental issues facing humanity in the twenty-first century. Human activities that raise greenhouse gas emissions are the primary causes of ...

This year’s ozone hole over Antarctica ranked among the smallest since the early 1990s, reflecting steady progress from decades of global action under the Montreal Protocol. Declining chlorine levels ...

New data reported by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reveal that the hole in the ozone layer is at its fifth-smallest size since 1992. That's great news, and a massive ...

NASA and NOAA have announced encouraging news for Earth's climate: The 2025 Antarctic ozone hole is the fifth-smallest recorded in more than two decades. According to both agencies, international ...

As private companies race to make spaceflight routine, Earth’s upper atmosphere has become an unintended testing ground. Each launch is a triumph of human ingenuity, but behind that brilliance lies a ...

The ozone layer is a fragile,invisible shield in the stratosphere – 10 to 50 km above earth – that protects allliving thing from the sun’s harmful ultraviolet (UV) radiation. Decades of human ...

In 1985, scientists discovered something quite appalling above Antarctica: the ozone layer formed a hole in itself, letting in harmful radiation from the sun. Now, 40 years later, according to a ...

Throughout the 1980s, chlorofluorocarbons, or CFCs, were everywhere — from spray paint and hairspray to refrigerators and air conditioners. There was one problem: Research at the time revealed the ...