Skin is the body's first line of defense against an array of environmental hazards. But when our skin's natural oils react ...

The investigators at Debunked investigate if CFCs are still harming the ozone layer today. At least 24 are dead, and girls ...

The ozone layer plays a critical role in shielding the Earth from harmful ultraviolet (UV) radiation. Over the past few decades, human activities have ...

Ozone pollution isn’t just a summer story anymore. In parts of northern China, high ozone levels are now appearing during ...

The ozone layer is a crucial component of Earth's stratosphere, located between 19 and 30 km above the surface. It plays a vital role in filtering harmful ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun ...

The layer in the Earth's atmosphere with a particularly high ozone concentration is called the ozone layer , and it plays a role in protecting the ecosystem by absorbing the ultraviolet rays that ...

For example, chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), used in air conditioning and refrigeration, break down into chlorine atoms that deplete ozone. Similarly, halons used in fire extinguishers contain bromine ...

On the occasion of World Ozone Day, India released its cooling action plan to phase out chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), a major refrigerant widely used in all cooling equipment like air-conditions ...

When CFCs and HFCs mix with the Ozone, they break down the O3 into oxygen (O2), which does not filter out the ultraviolet radiation from space. “But the CFCs are just a catalyst,” said Marianne. “They ...

A 1987 ban on CFCs helped slow the process, and by 2013, authorities were projecting that the ozone layer would repair itself within a few decades. It was a rare success story among a clutch of ...

A large group of ozone depleting chemicals were responsible - primarily CFCs or chlorofluorocarbons - that were used as refrigerants. Every country agreed, in 1987, to phase out a group of ozone ...