The Ozone Layer: Future Challenges

The Earth’s ozone layer is now in better shape than it has been for a number of years, but there are a number of challenges involved in returning it to its...

Health Effects of Ozone Depletion

More than a decade ago, scientists concluded that major increases in skin cancer and cataracts would not have been avoided by the original restrictions of th...

Protecting Yourself from the Effects of UV Radiation

The Earth’s ozone layer has been described by experts as a planetary sunscreen because it protects us from the vast majority of harmful UV rays from the su...

Ozone Safe Products

Until CFCs were banned because of the damage they were causing to the ozone layer, they were used in a huge range of products in aerosol cans – such as deo...

Fears About Plankton: The Basis of the Food Chain

Few people have ever seen plankton because it’s virtually invisible to the human eye – but despite its tiny size, plankton plays a vital role in life on...

Annual Ozone Protection Awards & Competition

In 1990 the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) set up an annual awards scheme for Ozone Layer Protection. Open to entries from all over the...

The Ozone Secretariat

The Ozone Secretariat is part of the United Nations Environment Programme and produces reports on ozone depletion once every four years. Based in Nairobi, Ke...

All About UV Radiation

As radiation from the sun passes through our atmosphere, all of the UV-C radiation and around 90% of the UV-B rays are absorbed, mainly by ozone and oxygen....

Dangers from Ground Level Ozone

Although the ozone layer provides vital protection for our planet, ozone at ground level is a pollutant and can cause serious health problems. In most develo...

All About Ozone Day

For more than a decade, September 16th every year has been designated as International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer. The date was chosen to ma...