NASA and NOAA scientists ranked the 2025 Antarctic ozone hole as the fifth smallest since 1992, a finding that reflects ...

A 3D rendering of the ozone hole evolution in 2025. Forty years after global policymakers began grappling with the crisis posed by a gaping hole in Earth’s protective ozone layer over Antarctica, the ...

“In 2015, scientists at NASA predicted that the Ozone Hole would be half closed by 2020. That hasn’t happened. Other scientists have forecasted that the hole will not begin to disappear until 2040 or ...

Efforts to replace ozone-depleting CFCs have led to successive generations of refrigerants that may be contributing to the global buildup of toxic trifluoroacetic acid, raising new environmental and ...

The ozone hole over Antarctica is the seventh smallest it’s been since the early 1990s. Recovery began with the Montreal Protocol, which ended the production of all chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) in 1987.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's been 40 years since groundbreaking research announced the discovery of a hole in the ozone layer, a revelation that launched ...

On 16 September, the world will mark the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer. It was on this day, 35 years ago, that the Montreal Protocol, considered one of the most significant ...

The story of the ozone layer and its infamous hole is a roadmap for all of us. It offers a pathway for solving complex environmental challenges steeped in science, economics policy, skeptical ...

The recovery of the ozone layer — which sits miles above the Earth and protects the planet from ultraviolet radiation — has been celebrated as one of the world’s greatest environmental achievements.

Chemicals used in refrigeration break down in the atmosphere to produce trifluoroacetic acid, a persistent pollutant that could be harmful to humans and aquatic life ...