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

This hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica was discovered in the mid 80s and quickly took the world by storm. The ozone layer is located in the stratosphere, and acts as a sunscreen for the ...

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

It caused an international crisis.

“The ozone layer has diminished more than 50% from its normal values and the UV intensity index has jumped from four to ten, according to the 16 October reading when the hole reached the 51 ...

Massive Antarctic Ozone Hole Over Past Four Years ... Massive 2022 Eruption Reduced Ozone Layer Levels Nov. 20, 2023 — The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano changed the chemistry and dynamics ...

HALO Arctic research flight at an altitude of 13 kilometers over Svalbard on March 4, 2025 (photo: Thomas Gulde, KIT) The ...

A supernova — the explosive death of a massive star — can leave behind a black hole or neutron star. These cosmic blasts are element factories, spreading carbon, calcium, and iron across space, ...

The main question the ASCCI (Arctic Springtime Chemistry-Climate Investigations) measurement campaign seeks to answer is how ozone and water vapor in ...

"If a massive star were to explode as a supernova close to the Earth, the results would be devastating for life on Earth," said Nick Wright, an astrophysicist at Keele University in the United Kingdom ...

Exploding stars known as supernovas may have sparked mass extinctions that wiped out up to 85% of animals on Earth.

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