Video footage of the the ozone hole opening above Antarctica during a simulation This year's hole in the ozone layer above Antarctica is one of the biggest ever seen, satellite data shows. Experts ...

Measurements from the Copernicus Sentinel-5P satellite show that this year’s ozone hole over Antarctica is one of the biggest on record. The hole, which is what scientists call an ‘ozone depleting ...

It has been four decades since scientists discovered the growing hole in Earth's ozone layer. But a promising new study has revealed that this protective shield – around 20 miles above our planet's ...

It's been 40 years since groundbreaking research announced the discovery of a hole in the ozone layer, a revelation that launched a rapid and successful effort to ban chemicals in hairspray, deodorant ...

A groundbreaking study led by scientists at MIT has confirmed that the Antarctic ozone layer is on a steady path to recovery, thanks to global efforts by populations to phase out ozone-depleting ...

The hole, which is what scientists call an ‘ozone depleting area,’ reached a size of 26 million sq km on 16 September 2023. This is roughly three times the size of Brazil. Measurements from the ...

The recovery of the ozone layer — which sits miles above the Earth and protects the planet from ultraviolet radiation — has been celebrated as one of the world’s greatest environmental achievements.

Just as the sea ice around Antarctica grows and retreats each year, so does the ozone hole above the continent. And this year, that hole has grown a lot. Observations from the European Space Agency's ...

Efforts to limit ozone-depleting chemical compounds had a significant impact. The ozone hole over the Antarctic is significantly smaller in 2025 than in previous years, ranking as the fifth-smallest ...

The 2015 Antarctic ozone hole area was larger and formed later than in recent years, said scientists from NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). On Oct. 2, 2015, the ...

The Earth’s protective stratospheric ozone layer is expected to rebound from depletion by commercial chemicals in the next 40 years, an international panel of scientists announced Jan. 9. Chewed up by ...