Tag Archives: Atmospheric Science

September 2000 image displaying the largest recorded "ozone hole" above Antarctica, based on data captured by the Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) instrument aboard the NASA Earth Probe satellite.
1913: The Discovery and Preservation of the Ozone Layer

The discovery of the ozone layer by Fabry and Buisson, and its monitoring by Dobson, led to crucial actions to reverse its depletion caused by CFCs

c. 4.54 Billion BCE: The Birth of Earth – A Journey Through Time and Space

Delves into Earth's formation approximately 4.54 billion years ago and its unique characteristics as a geological, atmospheric, and biological entity. It explores Earth's dynamic structure, life-supporting conditions, and the ongoing quest to find other habitable [...]