Ozone Hole: once Again, Worse than Predicted

The World

Steve reports on the latest data on the Antarctic ozone hole, which has opened every southern spring for the last decade and a half. This year’s hole is 20 percent bigger than last year and is passing for the first time over large human settlements.

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