The chemicals that helped save the ozone layer may be quietly seeding the planet with an indestructible pollutant.

Ants send messages to colony members through odor compounds that contain alkenes, chemicals that help nestmates recognize one ...

An international research team led by the University of Bremen has detected chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) in Earth's atmosphere ...

A research team from the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology has shown in a new study that ants returning from habitats ...

Chemicals used in refrigeration break down in the atmosphere to produce trifluoroacetic acid, a persistent pollutant that ...

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In North America and Europe, emissions of ozone precursors such as nitrogen oxides (NOx) and volatile organic compounds (VOCs ...

Earth's ozone layer is vital to protecting all forms of life – from crops to humans – from the sun's harmful radiation. This shield in Earth's stratosphere has been depleted for decades, putting life ...

Local pollution cuts haven’t lowered ozone because transported pollution and global emissions now dominate exposure.

A Richmond doctor has pleaded guilty after he injected several patients -- many of them unknowingly -- with ozone gas, ...

The ozone hole that typically grows over the Antarctic each September and October has become one of the largest and deepest in recent years – just one year after scientists recorded its smallest size ...