NASA Ozone Watch: Latest status of ozone
4 days ago · View the latest status of the ozone layer over the Antarctic, with a focus on the ozone hole. Satellite instruments monitor the ozone layer, and we use their data to create the images that depict the amount of ozone.
What happened to the world's ozone hole? - BBC
Their discovery, the thinning of the ozone layer over Antarctica, came to be known as the ozone hole. As news of the discovery spread, alarm rippled around the world.
The hole in the ozone layer is slowly shrinking | World Economic …
Nov 28, 2024 · The ozone layer protects life on Earth from the sun’s most harmful rays - and scientists say the ozone layer hole is continuing to shrink and could fully repair by 2066. The Montreal Protocol to eradicate ozone-depleting substances, signed by a record number of countries in 1987, has been a success.
Ozone Hole Continues Healing in 2024 - NASA Earth Observatory
Oct 30, 2024 · A hole that opens annually in the ozone layer over Earth’s southern pole was relatively small in 2024 compared to other years. Scientists with NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) project the ozone layer could fully recover by 2066.
What’s Going on with the Hole in the Ozone Layer? We Asked a NASA …
Jul 24, 2023 · There used to be a huge problem, and because of that, there was a hole, especially in the Antarctic, in the ozone layer. Ozone works as Earth’s natural sunscreen. It prevents harmful UV radiation to come down to the surface to cause skin cancer and damage vegetation.
Scientists said the ozone hole was recovering. That good news …
Nov 21, 2023 · But in a new study published Tuesday, some scientists claim it may not be recovering at all, and that the hole may even be expanding. The findings are in disagreement with widely accepted...
2023 Ozone Hole Ranks 16th Largest, NASA and NOAA …
Nov 1, 2023 · The 2023 Antarctic ozone hole reached its maximum size on Sept. 21, according to annual satellite and balloon-based measurements made by NASA and NOAA. At 10 million square miles, or 26 million square kilometers, the hole ranked as the 12th largest single-day ozone hole since 1979.
Whatever Happened to the Hole in the Ozone Layer?
Nov 10, 2020 · Certain human-made substances had reached the stratosphere and disrupted the ozone layer to the point of depletion, creating an extremely thin section commonly known as the ozone hole. The hole formed at the South Pole due to the region's unique meteorological and chemical conditions.
Ozone hole: Why Antarctic wildlife is being 'sunburnt’ - BBC
Apr 26, 2024 · For Antarctic wildlife, exposure to the Sun's damaging rays has increased in recent years, scientists say. A hole in the ozone layer - the protective barrier of gas in the upper atmosphere -...
How is the hole in the ozone layer? - Phys.org
Sep 16, 2024 · In late November 1987, an issue of the German news magazine Der Spiegel sent shockwaves through the public. The headline the "The Ozone Hole" was emblazoned across the cover in large letters,...