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This image is from a video made in 2011 that compiled visualizations of the Antarctic ozone hole. Recent findings have shown that the hole is filling up — while other parts of ozone remain on the decline.

The ozone hole over the Antarctic is beginning to fill up. Here’s the bad news.

Science

In spite of recovery in the Antarctic, the forecast for the ozone is not as rosy near the equator and in the middle latitudes.