NASA and NOAA recently announced good news concerning the ozone hole. What are lessons about science, policy and skepticism ...

At a time when surging AQI levels and toxic air dominate headlines, there is rare good news for the planet. The Earth’s ...

Scientists are commemorating the discovery 20 years ago that man-made chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) used chiefly in refrigerators and air-conditioners were responsible for creating the "ozone hole" over ...

Unusual weather patterns in the upper atmosphere over Antarctica have caused a drastic reduction in ozone depletion, leaving the ozone with the smallest hole seen since its discovery in 1982, ...

The ozone hole that forms yearly over Antarctica has grown for the third year in a row. At nearly 10 million square miles (26.4 million square kilometers), the ozone hole is the largest it's been ...

Researchers have developed a new method for assessing the impacts of ozone-destroying substances that threaten the recovery of the ozone layer. Researchers have developed a new method for assessing ...

Most scientists believe less ozone pollution in the air Americans breathe would make people healthier. Texas' environmental regulators disagree. At the state agency responsible for protecting Texans ...

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