Ozone layer is slowly healing, with the hole to be mended by 2066, U.N. says In this NASA image, the blue and purple show the hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica on Oct. 5, 2022. (NASA) ...

"The 2023 ozone hole has already surpassed the size of the three years prior." Holed Up. A large hole in the Antarctic ozone layer once thought to be steadily closing could actually be widening ...

The recovery of the ozone layer — which sits miles above the Earth and protects the planet from ultraviolet radiation — has long been celebrated as one of the world’s greatest environmental ...

Observations from ESA's Copernicus Sentinel-5P satellite indicate the ozone hole above Antarctica is one of the largest seasonal holes ever observed.

New data has revealed the hole in the ozone layer has taken longer than usual to close and was relatively large this year. ‘Unusual’ data from the European Space Agency’s Copernicus ...

Located in the stratosphere, the ozone layer blocks potentially harmful ultraviolet energy from reaching our planet's surface. What's the status of the hole discovered 40 years ago?

The hole in Earth’s ozone layer is opening early this year. While the hole has healed somewhat since the 80s and 90s, it still goes through a cycle of opening and closing every year.

It's been 40 years since groundbreaking research announced the discovery of a hole in the ozone layer, a revelation that launched a rapid and successful effort to ban chemicals in hairspray, ...

The hole in the ozone layer that surrounds the Earth's atmosphere reached the 12th-largest single-day size on record on Sept. 21, 2023, despite improving overall, according to the NOAA.

The South Pole's ozone hole was 10 million square miles on September 21, ranking it as the 12th largest single-day ozone hole since 1979. Sustainability Mobility ...

The ozone hole over Antarctica has opened weeks earlier than usual and could grow to near-record size due to delayed effects of the massive Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcanic eruption last year.