It has now been almost four decades since scientists discovered the growing hole in Earth's ozone layer. But climate ...

Yet, that is what some researchers at NASA did a few years ago. Atmospheric physicists Paul Newman and Luke Oman built a simulation of the Earth’s atmosphere and then proceeded to strip away our ...

The ozone layer is a precious thing, helping protect the Earth from the harshest of the sun’s radiative output. If anything were to damage this layer, we’d all feel the results in a very short ...

The ozone layer - which is on track for recovery - protects against harmful ultraviolet rays from the sun Human action to save the ozone layer has worked as hoped, and it may recover in just ...

On 16 September, the world will mark the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer. It was on this day, 35 years ago, that the Montreal Protocol, considered one of the most ...

Substances used for air conditioning in almost all new cars are building up in the environment and may pose a threat to human health, researchers say. These "ozone friendly" chemicals have been ...

much of the ozone layer will have recovered. However, the report predicts that the polar regions will take two decades longer to recover. In a world where we increasingly hear reports of climate ...

“The ozone layer has diminished more than 50% from its normal values and the UV intensity index has jumped from four to ten, according to the 16 October reading when the hole reached the 51 ...