NASA and NOAA reported that the hole in the ozone layer over the Antarctic this year was the smallest and shortest-lived, a ...

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 ...

"As predicted, we’re seeing ozone holes trending smaller in area than they were in the early 2000s." Experts hail most recent data on ozone hole as 'reassuring': 'This progress should be celebrated' ...

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

During the peak depletion period from 7 September to 13 October 2025, the ozone hole averaged 7.23 million square miles ...

While continental in scale, the ozone hole over the Antarctic was small in 2025 compared to previous years and remains on track to recover later this century, NASA and the National Oceanic and ...

And now for a spot of good news: the protective layer of ozone continues to heal, with the hole in our stratospheric shield having shrunk to a smaller size in 2024 than in the period between 2020-2023 ...

The FGD concluded with a collective pledge to strengthen efforts for ozone layer protection.

During the peak of the 2025 ozone depletion season, from September 7 through October 13, the ozone hole covered an average of about 7.23 million square miles (18.71 million square kilometres).

Laura Revell receives New Zealand government funding from the Royal Society Te Apārangi (Marsden fund and Rutherford Discovery Fellowships) and Ministry for the Environment. She is a member of the UN ...

Commercial space launches are impacting Earth's ozone layer. Rocket exhaust releases chemicals that degrade ozone. Satellite re-entries also contribute to depletion. Scientists warn that unchecked ...

Atmospheric chemists have found that the smoke from Australia's 'Black Summer' wildfires set off chemical reactions in the stratosphere that contributed to the destruction of ozone. The study is the ...