Ozone Hole over Antarctica (IMAGE)

Columbia Climate School

Ozone Hole over Antarctica

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The largest ozone hole over Antarctica (in purple) was recorded in September 2006. Thanks to the Montreal Protocol, the amount of ozone-depleting chemicals in the atmosphere peaked in the late 1990s and Antarctica's ozone hole is expected to recover by 2060.

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NASA.

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