Ozone hole over Antarctica grows
Times Staff and Wire Reports
The ozone hole over Antarctica, caused by depletion of stratospheric ozone by man-made gases, was the fifth biggest on record, reaching a maximum area of 10.5 million square miles in September, NASA said.
That’s considered “moderately large,” NASA atmospheric scientist Paul Newman said in a statement.
NASA has tracked the size of the hole for 30 years. Last year, it was 9.7 million square miles, about the size of North America.
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