Scientists observe first signs of healing in the Antarctic ozone layer

Thursday, June 30, 2016 - 15:31 in Earth & Climate

Scientists at MIT and elsewhere have identified the “first fingerprints of healing” of the Antarctic ozone layer, published today in the journal Science. The team found that the September ozone hole has shrunk by more than 4 million square kilometers — about half the area of the contiguous United States — since 2000, when ozone […]

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