Just in: 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. Details: OzoneLayer NOAAResearch
99 million square miles reached last year, and well below the average seen in 2006 when the hole size peaked.
Satellite observations determined the ozone hole reached its annual maximum area of 10.2 million square miles on October 5, 2022. The lowest column amount detected by ozonesondes at the South Pole this year was 101 Dobson Units on October 3.“Over time, steady progress is being made and the hole is getting smaller,” said Paul Newman, chief scientist for Earth Sciences at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.
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