Forty years ago this month, scientists reported that human activities had punctured Earth’s protective ozone layer. What ...

The Houston region's annual weighted average of high ozone days was 34.8 between 2021 and 2023. Ozone air pollution, also known as smog, can cause lung inflammation.

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There's many different layers to the Earth's atmosphere, but 75% of Earth's mass is actually going to be residing in the troposphere, where we are located. Also, we see all of Earth's weather occur in ...

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. That truism, now known as the "Sagan standard" after science ...

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This year’s “State of the Air” Report found that ground-level ozone pollution is getting worse – strikingly worse. This ...

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A new study involving the University of Liverpool reveals striking temperature shifts across both the oceans and the atmosphere, using an extended version of the now-iconic climate stripes ...

"So that will rise and cause that ozone layer to break down more." Hopper said ozone levels in our area are often high due to a combination of factors: hot, humid weather, vehicle and industrial ...

The Earth has a fascinating atmosphere that contains several unique layers The Troposphere ... as one of the most important layers because it’s where you’ll find the Ozone layer. This layer helps ...

Just a few decades ago, the sky above Antarctica became a symbol of environmental crisis. Scientists had discovered a massive hole in the ozone layer-a protective shield in Earth's atmosphere that ...