Antarctica's Ozone Hole Is Healing And Set To Recover Fully By 2066 | IFLScience
The ozone hole over Antarctica is relatively small and healthy at the moment, providing further proof that the ozone layer is on the path toward a full recovery.
That’s the good news. The bad news is that the current size of the ozone hole is linked to sudden stratospheric warming over Antarctica in July that resulted in freakishly hot temperatures across large parts of the continent.
Aside from worryingly warm temperatures around the South Pole, the latest data on the ozone layer is positive. The current trend suggests the ozone could fully recover to 1980 levels (before any hole in the ozone layer appeared) by around 2066 over the Antarctic, over the Arctic by 2045, and by 2040 for the rest of the world.
“The ozone layer, once an ailing patient, is on the road to recovery,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in a statement.
