Imminent loss of NASA's Aura and Canada's SCISAT will severely diminish scientists’ ability to monitor ozone-depleting substances in the stratosphere.

Despite this knowledge, the role of nitrous oxide in human-induced destruction of the stratospheric ozone layer has largely been ignored. This discovery provides a strong incentive for regulating ...

Ozone layer depletion, is simply the wearing out ... but the most important process in both is catalytic destruction of ozone by atomic halogens. The main source of these halogen atoms in the ...

The destruction can persist for days or weeks ... who has done pioneering work on the ozone layer. “He’s identified a really important mechanism.” And if Anderson is right and the ozone ...

Scientists urge tech solutions to curb falling satellites' impact—causing storms, crop risks, ozone damage, and higher ...

The forgotten story of the hole in the ozone layer - and how the world came together ... world to come together to prevent environmental destruction.

Holes in the ozone layer formed not just over Antarctica—as they currently ... low level due to unusual weather that allowed for greater than usual chemical ozone destruction. Although global warming ...

This protective layer shields Earth from harmful ultraviolet ... When these chemicals drifted into the stratosphere, they triggered ozone destruction under specific seasonal conditions.

The ozone layer shields the Earth from most of the ... In general, the conditions for ozone destruction on this scale just doesn't happen at the North Pole. This year, the strong and stable ...

Some eruptions, the study found, inject large amounts of sulfur into the upper atmosphere, enhancing the destruction of ... relies on observations of the ozone layer through balloons launched ...