After decades of concern and cautious optimism, scientists have now confirmed with high statistical confidence that the Antarctic ozone hole is recovering and could completely close within the next ...

The following article is courtesy of NASA: Healing continues in the atmosphere over the Antarctic: a hole that opens annually in the ozone layer over Earth’s southern pole was relatively small in 2024 ...

GENEVA (AP) — The European Union’s Earth observation program says the ozone hole over Antarctica has swelled to its largest size and deepest level in years. Experts at the Copernicus Atmospheric ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Flags mark the ceremonial South Pole. (Galen Rowell/Getty Images) As the world rang in 2026, scientists in Antarctica did ...

It has now been almost four decades since scientists discovered the growing hole in Earth's ozone layer. But climate researchers now say that the protective shield, around 20 miles above our planet's ...

Generations of Times journalists have journeyed there with scientists. Their coverage traces humankind’s changing ...