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Theharpyeagle@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Is this true? An article from 2022 indicates things are getting better, just slowly

Today, the ozone hole still exists, forming every year over Antarctica in the spring. It closes up again over the summer as stratospheric air from lower latitudes is mixed in, patching it up until the following spring when the cycle begins again. But there’s evidence it’s starting to disappear – and recover more or less as expected, says Solomon. Based on scientific assessments, the ozone layer is expected to return to pre-1980 levels around the middle of the century. Healing is slow because of the long lifespan of ozone-depleting molecules. Some persist in the atmosphere for 50 to 150 years before decaying.

bbc.com/…/20220321-what-happened-to-the-worlds-oz…

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