Huge Ozone Hollow Over Arctic Now Closed: UN

Geneva:

Ozone depletion over the Arctic hit a “report stage” in March, the most important since 2011, however the hollow has now closed, the UN Global Meteorological Group (WMO) mentioned on Friday.

The springtime phenomenon within the northern hemisphere was once pushed through ozone-depleting ingredients nonetheless within the surroundings and an overly chilly wintry weather within the stratosphere, WMO spokeswoman Clare Nullis advised a UN briefing in Geneva.

“Those two elements blended to provide an overly top stage of depletion which was once worse than we noticed in 2011. It is now again to standard once more … the ozone hollow has closed,” she mentioned.

Nullis, requested whether or not much less air pollution all through the pandemic had performed a task, mentioned: “It was once totally unrelated to COVID.”

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