The ozone layer still has a long way to go until it is recovered. On October 5 this year (pictured) the layer reached a thickness of just 109 Dobson units, less than half the pre-1979 average ...

The rapid rise in global rocket launches could slow the recovery of the vital ozone layer, says Sandro Vattioni. The problem ...

The good news is that the ozone layer is recovering. In the winter months of 2005 and 2016, scientists saw a 20 percent decrease in ozone thinning—the first evidence that it was recovering.

The Earth's ozone layer is expected to recover within the next 40 years as ozone-depleting chemicals are being phased out of use, a panel of international experts backed by the U.N. says.

Yet today, the thickness of the global ozone layer is still roughly 2% below pre-industrial levels and is not expected to fully recover until around 2066. 4 Our findings indicate that emissions from ...

On current trends, the ozone layer is on track to recover to 1980 levels by around 2066 over the Antarctic, 2045 over the Arctic and 2040 for the rest of the world, the United Nations agency said.

The ozone layer, a crucial shield protecting life on Earth from harmful ultraviolet (UV) radiation, has been on a path to recovery thanks to the Montreal Protocol. This landmark international ...

In 1984, climatologists found that the ozone layer above the Antarctic had slimmed to two-thirds of its thickness. This was shocking but not altogether unexpected.