The ozone layer above the Antarctic may be healing at last, according to a promising new study. The Copernicus Atmospheric Monitoring Service (CAMS) found that the hole above the South Pole closed ...
Scientists working in Antarctica discovered the hole in the ozone layer in 1985 - by measuring the amount of solar radiation reaching Earth. A large group of ozone depleting chemicals were ...
The hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica only grew to 22 million square kilometres this year, the smallest observed since 2019 The annual hole in Earth's ozone layer closed at the beginning of ...
Scientists have discovered a massive new hole in the ozone layer. They say the hole wasn’t expected to exist. However, they discovered that it covers almost the entire tropical region of the world.
This year's hole in the layer was smaller in 2024 than we’ve seen in any other year this decade. Experts with the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) reported that this year’s ozone hole ...
They called their experiment "The World Avoided." By the year 2020 in the simulation, 17% of the Earth's protective ozone layer vanished. Holes in the ozone layer formed not just over Antarctica—as ...
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 ...