Growing plants absorb some of the carbon dioxide emitted by human burning of fossil fuels for energy. However, according to a new study in the journal Nature, ground-level ozone (AKA “smog”) will rise ...

Over the past four decades, America has drastically reduced its emissions and dramatically improved its air quality. Since 1980, total emissions of the six principal air pollutants have fallen by more ...

Vehicles head inbound on South Broadway as polluted air obscures the view of the skyline of Denver from the south suburb of Englewood, Colo. UV radiation is subdivided into three types based on ...

You may have heard the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality or one of NBC 5's Weather Experts say that today or tomorrow is an Ozone Action Day. But what does that mean and what should you do ...

At this time of year, as the sun rises over Antarctica, a “hole” opens up in Earth’s ozone layer. The ozone layer is a vital planetary boundary that protects all life on Earth from the sun’s damaging ...

Walter F. Schoen (Voice, Oct. 19) complains that environmentalists are supporting contradictory positions, both for and against ozone-level reduction. Let us restate the facts: Ozone (a short-lived ...

The ozone layer is a thin yet crucial shield of gas in Earth’s stratosphere that protects all living beings from the Sun’s harmful ultraviolet (UV) rays. Without it, life as we know it would be at ...