The ozone layer sits in the Earth’s lower stratosphere, at altitudes between 15 and 35 km (9 and 22 miles), and reflects a large amount of the Sun’s damaging UV rays.

Ozone helps protect us from ultraviolet radiation. NOAA said it expects 10 times more rocket launches over the next 20 years. It said if this occurs, the ozone layer would be damaged.

The rapid growth of rocket launches worldwide could delay the much-needed recovery of Earth’s ozone layer, according to a recent study conducted by scientists at the University of Canterbury and ETH ...

From late 2019 until the start of 2020, the Australian‘ Black Summer ’ bushfires damaged the Earth's ozone layer by burning millions of tons of soot and ash into the air, according to a new study.

In new research, NOAA found that global concentrations of the harmful chemicals that damage the ozone layer have declined just over 50% in the mid-latitude stratosphere, to levels observed in 1980.

The discovery of this potential new extinction mechanism indicates that a warmingclimate, such as we have now, has the potential to erode the ozone layer to let in damaging ultra-violet radiation.

Without the ozone layer, that radiation would damage DNA in plants and animals and cause rampant skin cancer. In the early 1980s, scientists began to realize that the ozone layer was thinning over the ...

University of California, Irvine chemists Frank Sherwood Rowland and Mario Molina had proved in the 1970s that a widely-used industrial chemical known as chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) damaged the ...

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 ...

Australia fires damaged ozone layer, caused major warming, study says August 25, 2022 More than 2 years ago 4 min Summary ...

The discovery of this potential new extinction mechanism indicates that a warming climate, such as we have now, has the potential to erode the ozone layer to let in damaging ultra-violet radiation.

Syndication Prehistoric climate change damaged the ozone layer and led to a mass extinction, study finds June 4, 2020 - 2:00 pm Image by: Unsplash ...