Climate change could make it harder to control ground-level ozone, a key air pollutant linked to smog and health risks.

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

The 1985 discovery identified a dramatic thinning of the ozone layer over our southernmost continent, triggering immediate global concern.

Ozone is the main concern that is causing an air quality alert Monday, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency says — but what exactly is ozone?

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 ...

1 He observed that “somewhere in the atmosphere below a height of 15.5 km. the intensity of the ionisation within a closed vessel exposed to the rays goes through a maximum, and then decreases”.

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That’s changing the atmosphere in ways that threaten the Earth’s protective ozone layer. Observed from Earth, these reentries look like shooting stars, blazing across the sky. However amazing ...