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

WASHINGTON – NASA scientists will join researchers from around the world to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Montreal Protocol, an international treaty designed to reduce the hole in Earth’s ...

NASA said the depletion of the ozone layer above the Arctic reached a record level in March. Citing satellite observations, the government agency said the ozone levels reached 205 Dobson units, ...

A new study using NASA and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) data finds consistent evidence that Earth’s ozone layer is on the mend. A team led by Eun-Su Yang of the Georgia ...

Scientists have reported that the ozone hole over Earth's southern pole spans nearly 20 million square kilometers this year, almost three times the size of the contiguous United States, while ...

On September 28, the Antarctic ozone hole reached its maximum size for 2024, covering a total area of roughly 20 million square kilometers. While this was large enough to engulf the entire continent ...

Many years ago, one of the biggest concerns about our planet was the depletion of our ozone layer. The concern was so great that new laws were passed banning certain propellants in aerosol products to ...

July 29, 2003 — NASA satellite observations have provided the first evidence the rate of ozone depletion in the Earth’s upper atmosphere is decreasing. This may indicate the first stage of ozone layer ...

In 2023, the Antarctic ozone hole reached its maximum size on September 21, NASA and NOAA reported based on their annual satellite and balloon-based measurements. This hole spans 10 million square ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. The ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The hole in the ozone layer is at its smallest on record since it was observed by scientists in the 1980s, according to NASA and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association ...

Left: Earth’s Ozone levels in mid-March 2011. Purple and grey colors represent very small ozone amounts. Right: Dark blue and black colors represent very large amounts of chlorine monoxide, ozone ...