Scientists have reported that the ozone hole over Earth's southern pole spans nearly 20 million square kilometers this year, ...

The ozone layer is a trace gas in the stratosphere ... so anything that shields us from UV rays helps reduce cancer rates. The size of the ozone hole over Antarctica fluctuates each year, opening ...

Just a few decades ago, the sky above Antarctica became a symbol of environmental crisis. Scientists had discovered a massive ...

an international treaty to protect the ozone layer by phasing out production of ozone-depleting chemicals. As a result, the size of the hole has stabilized, with variation from year to year driven ...

Nearly 30 years after the landmark Montreal Protocol went into effect to protect our planet's stratospheric ozone layer, there is ... The Antarctic ozone hole developed due to the use of CFCs ...

The danger is still real, even as the hole shrinks. The battle for a stronger, healthier shield over our heads isn’t over, but it’s getting there. The Arctic ozone layer is flexing its muscles ...

Holes in the ozone layer formed not just over Antarctica—as they currently ... Ozone recovery is uneven, as the size of the hole still varies from year to year depending on weather conditions. In 2011 ...

Your tax-deductible donation helps make it all possible. The forgotten story of the hole in the ozone layer - and how the world came together to fix it. The scientists and politicians who ...

A hole has opened in the ozone layer over the Arctic due to a 'polar ... The new Arctic hole is a fraction of the size of the Antarctica one and is expected to close up again by the middle of ...

Image caption, A diagram of the ozone layer ‘hole’ above Antarctica. The danger of CFCs was reiterated in 1985 by a group of Cambridge scientists. They found what was often called a ‘hole ...

The consequences of any damage to the ozone layer are multifold. Harmful ODSs can carve a hole in the ozone layer, allowing UV rays to directly hit the Earth. Long-term exposure to UV radiation ...

the ozone layer is expected to recover to 1980 values (before the appearance of the ozone hole) by around 2066 over the Antarctic, by 2045 over the Arctic and by 2040 for the rest of the world ...