By: Amanda Farlow The ozone layer, a thin shield in Earth’s stratosphere, acts as sunscreen and protects us from harmful ultraviolet (UV) radiation. It’s located just about 9 to 18 miles above our ...

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 ...

Every year, we shoot several thousand satellites and other objects out into space. When satellites die, they become space ...

A schematic of temperature measurements shows how it is 40 degrees Celsius colder inside the north polar vortex (indicated by the yellow line) compared to outside the vortex. A rare glimpse into the ...

There’s finally good news for our planet! 🌍 After years of environmental damage and global concern, the ozone layer is showing real signs of recovery.

As a child of the 80s, I spent a whole lot of time worrying about the ozone layer and admonishing my mother for her aerosol hairspray. But the concern was kind of amorphous. It’s not like there was ...