A groundbreaking study led by scientists at MIT has confirmed that the Antarctic ozone layer is on a steady path to recovery, ...

After decades of concern and cautious optimism, scientists have now confirmed with high statistical confidence that the ...

The Antarctic ozone layer is currently healing, as a result of global efforts to reduce ozone-depleting substances.

The closing has nothing to do with the reduction in pollution caused by having much of the world on COVID-19 lockdown. The largest hole ever observed in the ozone layer over the Arctic has closed ...

A Hole in the Sky Ozone, a gas composed of three oxygen atoms, naturally occurs in the Earth’s upper atmosphere (stratosphere) and lower atmosphere (troposphere). In the stratosphere, it forms a ...

But in October, when the hole is often largest, the ozone level in the middle stratospheric layer shrunk by 26% from 2004 to 2022, said the study, citing satellite data.