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This is the story of the hole in Earth's protective ozone layer: what it is, how it formed, and the…
This year, the ozone hole over Antarctica reached its annual maximum extent on Sept. 9th, 2025, with an area of…
The ozone hole over the Antarctic was small in 2025 compared to previous years and remains on track to recover…
NASA is an exploration agency, and one of our missions is to know our home. In the 1960s, NASA astronauts…
There’s one planet NASA studies more than any other: Earth. With our unique vantage point from space, NASA collects information…
The area of depleted ozone over the Antarctic ranked the seventh smallest since recovery began in 1992.
In 2024 the ozone hole over Antarctica reached its annual maximum extent, with an area of 8.5 million square miles.
Healing continues in the atmosphere over the Antarctic: a hole that opens annually in the ozone layer over Earth’s southern…
An active atmosphere at northern latitudes contributed to the highest monthly Arctic ozone concentrations measured in the satellite era.
