The consequences of any damage to the ozone layer are multifold. Harmful ODSs can carve a hole in the ozone layer, allowing UV rays to directly hit the Earth. Long-term exposure to UV radiation ...

Essentially the ozone layer absorbs the Sun’s most harmful UV rays - 98% of them in fact. This is why it’s so crucial that damage to it is limited, otherwise problems such as skin cancer could ...

New research conducted by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, with NASA's support, shows that human-caused damage is ...

The ozone layer is a precious thing, helping protect the Earth from the harshest of the sun’s radiative output. If anything were to damage this layer, we’d all feel the results in a very short ...

Just a few decades ago, the sky above Antarctica became a symbol of environmental crisis. Scientists had discovered a massive hole in the ozone layer-a protective shield in Earth's atmosphere that ...

Atmospheric physicists Paul Newman and Luke Oman built a simulation of the Earth’s atmosphere and then proceeded to strip away our protective ozone layer. Their computer model reproduced the chemistry ...

and damage plants, crops, and ecosystems. The global response was decisive. In 1985, the world’s governments adopted the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer. Under the ...

While mesmerizing, satellite re-entries release aluminium oxide nanoparticles, which could impact the ozone layer for decades before we see the damage. With 8,000+ Starlink satellites launched and ...