If current trends hold, the ozone hole could shrink back to its size in the 1980s, according to the World Meteorological ...

In one of the great environmental success stories of our time, scientists say that a 35-year-old agreement has resulted in the steady and promising recovery of the Earth's ozone layer, a critical ...

Commercial space launches are impacting Earth's ozone layer. Rocket exhaust releases chemicals that degrade ozone. Satellite ...

Now for some good news about our planet: The ozone layer is healing. A recent United Nations-backed assessment found continued progress in the global effort to repair the shield-like layer high up in ...

Many years ago, one of the biggest concerns about our planet was the depletion of our ozone layer. The concern was so great that new laws were passed banning certain propellants in aerosol products to ...

Earth's protective ozone layer is beginning to recover, largely because of the phase-out since the 1980s of certain chemicals used in refrigerants and aerosol cans, a U.N. scientific panel reported ...

The UN has delivered rare environmental good news: the Earth’s ozone layer is on the mend, and the vast hole […] ...

BOULDER, Colo. — The gas molecule ozone is harmful for humans to breathe. It can be found in pollution, like the brown cloud that often covers the Front Range in the summer. But when ozone is high in ...

In assessing a recent United Nations report about the ozone layer, American policymakers should turn to an unlikely source — Ronald Reagan. Reagan is not regarded as an environmentally conscious ...