The size of the hole in the stratosphere's ozone layer fluctuates every year, but last month's, measuring 10.6 million square ...

A major new analysis shows that satellite records of tropical ozone change disagree so widely that they cannot yet be used to ...

The area covered by the Antarctic ozone hole peaked at more than 27 million square kilometers (10.4 million square miles) in September, the second-largest area ever observed for this time of year.

The ozone layer, often described as Earth's protective shield, is showing encouraging signs of recovery. Located high in the ...

Should you ever visit Antarctica, there are two very good reasons to cover your body from head to toe. One – intuitively – is ...

There is much less ozone at the centre of the ozone hole compared to nearly two decades ago, according to new study which suggests some yet-unknown chemicals may be damaging the Earth's protective ...

New research finds ozone recovery and pollution could make ozone the second-largest source of warming by 2050.

Nearly 30 years after the landmark Montreal Protocol went into effect to protect our planet's stratospheric ozone layer, there is finally evidence that the protective blanket that shields us from the ...

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 ...

The Earth today has an "ozone layer" that blocks harmful ultraviolet rays from the sun. However, the ozone layer has not existed since the Earth was born.The Earth was formed about 4.6 billion years ...

The Earth's ozone layer is on its way to recovering, thanks to decades of work to get rid of ozone-damaging chemicals, a panel of international experts backed by the United Nations has found. The ...