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The Antarctic ozone hole is discovered

1985 CE · Antarctica, Antarctica · Science

The Antarctic ozone hole is discovered
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Ozone depletion consists of two related events observed since the late 1970s: a lowered total amount of ozone in Earth's upper atmosphere, and a much larger springtime decrease in stratospheric ozone around Earth's polar regions. The latter phenomenon is referred to as the ozone hole.

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