You may have heard the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality or one of NBC 5's Weather Experts say that today or tomorrow is an Ozone Action Day. But what does that mean and what should you do ...

An Ozone Action Day is issued when high amounts of ozone are expect to be in the atmosphere specifically near the ground. This usually occurs on hot summer days with light winds and plenty of sunshine ...

What is the Ozone Layer? The ozone layer is a crucial component of Earth's stratosphere, located between 19 and 30 km above ...

The ozone layer is a part of Earth’s atmosphere that captures some of the Sun’s ultraviolet (UV) light emissions. When the ozone layer is compromised, its ability to absorb radiation weakens, allowing ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DENVER (KDVR) — If you’ve noticed an alert ...

Aki Nace has been a web producer for CBS Minnesota since 2019. She covers breaking news and makes short-form documentary films. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency says ozone is the main concern ...

In December, the EPA bumped Colorado’s ozone nonattainment area status from moderate to serious. We talked to the experts to find out what that actually means. In this Wednesday, March 6, 2019, file ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — The Toledo Metropolitan Area Council of Governments (TMACOG), as well as the city of Toledo, is warning the public of health risks that come with increased ground-level ozone in the ...

The Antarctic ozone hole of 2025 was measured as the fifth-smallest since 1992, signaling continued healing of the Earth's crucial ozone layer. This encouraging update comes from a joint analysis by ...