This is all part of the plan: ‘Design for Demise’ is a standard concept for making satellites that break apart upon reentry, ...

The NOAA and NASA agencies have reported that the hole in the ozone layer above Antarctica is this year the fifth smallest since 1992. At its peak, it covered an average of 18.71 million ...

Satellite reentry can release nitrogen oxides and alumina, impacting the ozone layer and stratosphere. Alternatives like Design for Non-Demise and controlled reentry aim to reduce environmental and ...

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 ...

The ozone layer is on track to fully recover from its depletion within the next four decades, a panel of scientists gathered by the United Nations said on Monday. In an assessment conducted every four ...

The closing of this year's ozone hole over the Antarctic continues the positive trend of smaller gaps in Earth's ozone layer ...

The scientists at EU’s Copernicus monitoring service hails a ‘reassuring sign’ of progress observed this year in the hole’s size and duration.

Over the last month, a new hole in the ozone layer has started to form over the Arctic. The ozone layer over the North Pole has been depleted plenty of times in the past. But this time around, extreme ...

In a new UN report, specialists revealed that the ozone layer is officially back on track to be restored to full strength in decades. The ozone layer is the thin part of the Earth’s atmosphere which ...

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Editor's note: Curbing damage to Earth's protective ozone layer is widely viewed as one of the most important successes of the modern environmental era. Earlier this year, however, a study reported ...

Over the years, lots of action has been taken to try and save our ozone layer, and scientists are now saying it's all been worth it! The UN have reported that the ozone layer could completely heal in ...