Learn more about the ozone hole, how it was created, how it was healed, and what message it offers about climate change.

NASA and NOAA scientists ranked the 2025 Antarctic ozone hole as the fifth smallest since 1992, a finding that reflects decades of global chemical regulation but does not mean the threat has passed.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dianne Plummer is an Energy Consultant and Certified Energy Manager. September 16, marks World Ozone Day 2025 under the theme ...

Ozone layer is located high in the middle atmosphere and plays a key role in shielding us from the harmful effects of the sun’s UV rays. A recent study has found that the number of rockets being sent ...

NEW YORK, New York, September 16, 2025 (ENS) – “Forty years ago, nations came together to take the first step in protecting the ozone layer – guided by science, united in action,” said United Nations ...

Forty years after global policymakers began grappling with the crisis posed by a gaping hole in Earth’s protective ozone layer over Antarctica, the damage is continuing to heal, according to a new ...

The booming space industry has filled the skies with rockets and satellites, but this rapid expansion comes with a hidden danger: slowing the recovery of the ozone layer. Rocket launches and burning ...

An international research team led by the University of Bremen has detected chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) in Earth's atmosphere for the first time in historical measurements from 1951—20 years earlier ...