If you live in Denver, Boulder, or anywhere along Colorado’s northern front range, you’ve likely had to deal with some pretty terrible air quality this summer. Many of us habitually check our phones ...

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 recovery of the ozone layer — which sits miles above the Earth and protects the planet from ultraviolet radiation — has been celebrated as one of the world’s greatest environmental achievements.

The long-lamented hole in the ozone layer is slowly mending itself, thanks to the success of an international agreement that banned chemicals that eat away at it, according to a new report from the ...

Comments online that imply that the hole in the ozone layer was overblown are missing context. While it is correct that this crisis is not talked about as much as it used to be, this was not because ...

Just as the sea ice around Antarctica grows and retreats each year, so does the ozone hole above the continent. And this year, that hole has grown a lot. Observations from the European Space Agency's ...

Scientists have discovered that efforts to fix the ozone layer and save the planet over the last 40 years have actually backfired and are set to increase levels of global warming. The ozone layer is a ...

One of the scientists who discovered the hole in the ozone layer 40 years ago is proud of his work, but he now has major concerns about a new existential crisis: the looming threat of climate change.