Antarctic ozone hole slightly smaller in 2022
PUBLISHED OCTOBER 26, 2022 | BY ALLISON GILLESPIE | Original Link: https://www.climate.gov/news-features/featured-images/antarctic-ozone-hole-slightly-smaller-2022 The hole in the ozone layer—the portion of the stratosphere that protects our planet from the sun’s ultraviolet rays—is continuing to decrease. The hole over Antarctica had an average area of 8.91 million square miles (23.2 million square kilometers). That measurement is slightly …
