ozone hole
noun
: an area of the ozone layer (as near the south pole) that is seasonally depleted of ozone
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This agreement was highly effective—the ozone hole reached its peak size in 2006 and has been shrinking since then.
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Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 May 2024
Additionally, more sea ice is melting in the Antarctic due to global warming, making the ozone hole more harmful, the study authors note.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 May 2024
And the more emissions grow, the greater the likelihood of reaching crucial tipping points, as witnessed with the formation of the ozone hole in the 1980s after years of gradual ozone depletion.
—Kelly Sims Gallagher, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
The ozone hole and acid rain were not fixed with the first international agreements on the table.
—Hannah Ritchie, Scientific American, 25 Oct. 2023
Growing up in Zurich, Heuberger had been terrified by the environmental calamities that defined the eighties and nineties: Chernobyl, the ozone hole, acid rain.
—Heidi Blake, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023
In that 33-year record, this is the 14th largest ozone hole.
—Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 30 Oct. 2020
In October, the ozone hole over Antarctica grew to one of the largest on record.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 23 Oct. 2023
Every year, an ozone hole forms over the Antarctic due to the presence of ozone-depleting substances in the stratosphere and the specific conditions of the region, according to Copernicus.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2023
Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 May 2024
Additionally, more sea ice is melting in the Antarctic due to global warming, making the ozone hole more harmful, the study authors note.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 May 2024
And the more emissions grow, the greater the likelihood of reaching crucial tipping points, as witnessed with the formation of the ozone hole in the 1980s after years of gradual ozone depletion.
—Kelly Sims Gallagher, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
The ozone hole and acid rain were not fixed with the first international agreements on the table.
—Hannah Ritchie, Scientific American, 25 Oct. 2023
Growing up in Zurich, Heuberger had been terrified by the environmental calamities that defined the eighties and nineties: Chernobyl, the ozone hole, acid rain.
—Heidi Blake, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023
In that 33-year record, this is the 14th largest ozone hole.
—Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 30 Oct. 2020
In October, the ozone hole over Antarctica grew to one of the largest on record.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 23 Oct. 2023
Every year, an ozone hole forms over the Antarctic due to the presence of ozone-depleting substances in the stratosphere and the specific conditions of the region, according to Copernicus.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2023
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