After decades of concern and cautious optimism, scientists have now confirmed with high statistical confidence that the ...

After much promise and some doubt, it’s confirmed: the hole in the ozone layer over the Antarctic is recovering thanks to the ...

A new MIT-led study confirms that the Antarctic ozone layer is healing, as a direct result of global efforts to reduce ...

The hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica was discovered in the 1980s. It begins to form each year in August and reached its maximum size late September or early October, before closing from mid ...

Thanks to the global reduction in ozone-depleting substances, some of us may see the Antarctic ozone layer hole disappear in ...

Redondas added that the area affected by the ozone layer hole, including populated areas of both Argentine and Chilean Patagonia, reached a first peak last 16 September, according to the World ...

there is no hole in the sky. But the area has significantly less—as much as two-thirds less—protective ozone to shield the Earth's surface. In the past decade, ozone holes have stretched as much as 29 ...

The danger is still real, even as the hole shrinks ... Penguins and seals in Antarctica are getting scorched. Without sufficient ozone to shield them, these animals face sunburns and health ...

Image caption, A diagram of the ozone layer ‘hole’ above Antarctica. The danger of CFCs was reiterated in 1985 by a group of Cambridge scientists. They found what was often called a ‘hole ...

Each year, the layer of ozone in the atmosphere above Antarctica becomes thinner. This "hole" is a natural phenomenon that forms around August and "closes" by December. In the 1970s, scientists ...

Ozone hole above Antarctica is filling up, thanks to the success of Montreal Protocol The Ozone layer is on track to mend itself within decades due to success of Monetreal protocol, finds a recent ...