Located in the stratosphere, the ozone layer blocks potentially harmful ultraviolet energy from reaching our planet's surface ...

These compounds, known as chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), could float up into the stratosphere and break down a protective layer of ozone, allowing more ultraviolet light to enter the atmosphere and ...

When the hole in the ozone layer was first discovered in 1985 ... Once broken down in the upper atmosphere by high ultraviolet radiation, they release ozone-depleting chlorine.

In a report released in early 2023, scientists keeping track of the ozone layer noted that Earth's atmosphere is recovering. The ozone layer will be restored to its 1980 condition—before the ...

Since the 1985 discovery of a hole in the ozone layer countries have agreed and ... the release of ozone-depleting substances into the atmosphere. The most well known of these are ...

The ozone layer is a part of Earth’s atmosphere that captures some of the Sun’s ultraviolet (UV) light emissions. When the ozone layer is compromised, its ability to absorb radiation weakens ...

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 ...

In the 1980s scientists discovered a crucial part of the Earth’s atmosphere was extremely thin. The extreme thinning of the Ozone layer threatened to bring on a global crisis from destroying ...