Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The ozone layer is on track to fully recover from its depletion within the next four decades, a panel of scientists gathered by ...

A Global Recovery Snapshot. It’s pretty good news on the ozone layer front these days. We’re seeing solid signs of recovery, which is a huge win for the plan ...

The same phenomenon that causes aurorae — the magical curtains of green light often visible from the polar regions of the Earth — causes mesospheric ozone layer depletion. This depletion could have ...

As private companies race to make spaceflight routine, Earth’s upper atmosphere has become an unintended testing ground. Each launch is a triumph of human ingenuity, but behind that brilliance lies a ...

Explore the pivotal history of ozone layer depletion, from the groundbreaking 1974 research of Mario Molina and Sherwood Rowland on CFCs to the 1985 discovery of the Antarctic ozone hole. Learn how in ...

On May 16, 1985, the discovery of a massive hole in the ozone layer above Antarctica prompted global concern about rising skin cancer rates and potential global temperature increases of up to 2.5 ...