The ozone layer above the Antarctic may be healing at last, according to a promising new study. The Copernicus Atmospheric Monitoring Service (CAMS) found that the hole above the South Pole closed ...

The only way to fill this "data hole" is to fly sensors ... "Remarkably, the South Pole region is one of the least understood frontiers in the whole of Antarctica," said PolarGAP's principal ...

For Antarctic wildlife, exposure to the Sun's damaging rays has increased in recent years, scientists say. A hole in the ozone layer - the protective barrier of gas in the upper atmosphere - now ...