NASA and NOAA recently announced good news concerning the ozone hole. What are lessons about science, policy and skepticism ...

On September 16, 1987, the international community did something almost unheard of, especially in today's world: It worked together to protect the planet. Ultimately ratified by 198 nations, including ...

The ozone hole over Antarctica is healing. The latest update from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) shows the ozone layer remains on track to fully recover within this century, all thanks to ...

NASA and NOAA have announced encouraging news for Earth's climate: the 2025 Antarctic ozone hole is the fifth-smallest recorded in more than two decades. According to both agencies, international ...

And now for a spot of good news: the protective layer of ozone continues to heal, with the hole in our stratospheric shield having shrunk to a smaller size in 2024 than in the period between 2020-2023 ...

After decades of concern and cautious optimism, scientists have now confirmed with high statistical confidence that the Antarctic ozone hole is recovering and could completely close within the next ...

At a time when surging AQI levels and toxic air dominate headlines, there is rare good news for the planet. The Earth’s protective ozone layer is healing, according to the latest bulletin from the ...

While continental in scale, the ozone hole over the Antarctic was small in 2025 compared to previous years and remains on track to recover later this century, NASA and the National Oceanic and ...

The same phenomenon that causes aurorae — the magical curtains of green light often visible from the polar regions of the Earth — causes mesospheric ozone layer depletion. This depletion could have ...

As SpaceX's Starlink satellites die, they're likely killing something else with them: the strength of Earth's ozone layer. That's because when they fall into Earth's atmosphere and burn up, the ...

Measurements from the Copernicus Sentinel-5P satellite show that this year’s ozone hole over Antarctica is one of the biggest on record. The hole, which is what scientists call an ‘ozone depleting ...

In 1974, scientists first sounded the alarm about the destruction of the ozone layer caused by human activities. Yet it would take several more years for the global community to reach a consensus on ...