Despite this knowledge, the role of nitrous oxide in human-induced destruction of the stratospheric ozone layer has largely been ignored. This discovery provides a strong incentive for regulating ...

The ozone layer acts as a stratospheric shield, it sits about 9 - 18 miles (15 - 30 km) above the earth’s surface and absorbs ultraviolet radiation from the sun. Destruction to the ozone layer ...

In 2015, scientists at NASA predicted that the Ozone Hole would be half closed by 2020. That hasn’t happened. Other ...

The NOAA's annual ozone summary says that the ozone layer’s depletion from September ... propellants and solvents but led to ...

It's not often that scientists get to conduct experiments that seem like they come out of a science fiction novel or a video game. Yet, that is what some researchers at NASA did a few years ago.

In 1974, scientists first sounded the alarm about the destruction of the ozone layer caused by human activities. Yet it would ...

While the hole in the ozone layer was still considerable - estimated ... propellants and solvents but led to the destruction of ozone molecules in the stratosphere. Countries signed pacts and ...