He is the editor of the NASA Earth Observatory. For living creatures on Earth, there is good ozone and bad ozone. Whether the molecule is helpful or harmful has nothing to do with the chemical makeup ...

Ozone pollution, typically associated with warm weather and strong sunlight, has begun to manifest alarmingly in winter. This ...

Way up in the stratosphere, ozone (O3) absorbs deadly radiation from the sun, protecting all life on Earth. But don’t get too close! If we breathe ozone, it irritates our tissues, potentially causing ...

I write about the intersection of climatetech and entrepreneurship. The earth’s ozone is set to fully recover within the next four decades, a sign of nature’s resilience and hope in the face ...

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Q. I don’t get it. Is ozone a good thing or a bad thing? A. Ozone, a gas, is a form of oxygen. It is created when an electric spark or ultraviolet light passes through air, or when ...

You remember the ads from the 80s, right? “This is your brain [man holds up an egg]. This is ozone [he points to a hot ...