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

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The world would be on track for a collapse of the ozone layer and an additional 2.5 degrees Celsius of global warming by the end of the century if it hadn't agreed in the 1980s to ban CFCs, chemicals ...

Earth’s protective ozone layer is slowly but noticeably healing at a pace that would fully mend the hole over Antarctica in about 43 years, a new United Nations report says. A once-every-four-years ...

DENVER — Smoke from the Canadian wildfires is once again hazing up the Front Range. Not only is it unpleasant to breathe, new research shows that smoke can erode the protective ozone layer. Take for ...

DENVER — A scientist who helped lead a United Nations report on the Earth's protective ozone layer said on Tuesday that "we have solved this problem. On the other hand vigilance is required." David W.

The long-lamented hole in the ozone layer is slowly mending itself, thanks to the success of an international agreement that banned chemicals that eat away at it, according to a new report from the ...

Satellite reentry can release nitrogen oxides and alumina, impacting the ozone layer and stratosphere. Alternatives like Design for Non-Demise and controlled reentry aim to reduce environmental and ...

Starlink already accounts for 40% of all the satellites ever launched, and each one releases harmful aluminum oxides when deorbited. Joe Supan is a senior writer for CNET covering home technology, ...