The ozone layer, Earth's protective layer of gas that blocks ultraviolet rays from the sun, is showing signs of recovery, scientists say. Researchers say the ozone layer is showing early signs of ...

The purple and blue colors are where there is the least ozone, and the yellows and reds are where there is more ozone. The hole in the ozone layer was discovered 40 years ago, in May 1985.© NASA ...

The annual hole in Earth's ozone layer closed at the beginning of this month, scientists recently announced. This year's hole in the layer was smaller in 2024 than we’ve seen in any other year ...

Earth’s protective ozone layer is finally healing from damage caused by aerosol sprays and coolants, a new United Nations report said. The ozone layer had been thinning since the late 1970s ...

At its largest point this year the ozone layer hole was 8.5 million square miles (22.4 million square kilometres) on September 28. This is 1.5 million square miles smaller than the peak size in 2023 ...

The ozone layer is a natural layer of gas in Earth’s stratosphere, and it’s crucial to sustaining life on Earth as it protects us and other life from the Sun’s damaging ultraviolet radiation ...

Here’s a rare piece of good news about the environment: The giant hole in the Earth’s protective ozone layer is shrinking and has shrivelled to its smallest peak since 1988, NASA scientists said.

At its largest point this year the ozone layer hole was 8.5 million square miles (22.4 million square kilometres) on September 28. This is 1.5 million square miles smaller than the peak size in 2023 ...

As a result, the upper ozone layer above the Northern Hemisphere should be completely repaired in the 2030s and the gaping Antarctic ozone hole should disappear in the 2060s, according to a ...