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 ...

At 8.5 million square miles, this year's hole is one of the smallest on record, yet the atmosphere is still far from being healed.

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

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

It has now been almost four decades since scientists discovered the growing hole in Earth's ozone layer. But climate researchers now say that the protective shield, around 20 miles above our ...

Holes in the ozone layer formed not just over Antarctica—as they currently ... low level due to unusual weather that allowed for greater than usual chemical ozone destruction. Although global warming ...

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 ...

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, which protects us from ultraviolet light, looks to be successfully healing after gaping holes were discovered in the 1980s. The Northern Hemisphere could be fully fixed by the ...

Oct. 30 (UPI) --A hole in the atmosphere's ozone layer is the seventh-smallest since recovery began in 1992, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Wednesday. The hole ...