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The Ozone Hole
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13 The Antarctic ozone hole over the years [42].
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The 2010 Antarctic ozone hole: Observed reduction in ozone destruction by minor sudden stratospheric warmings
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2020 Antarctic ozone hole is large and deep
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Earth's ozone layer threatened by new man-made gases
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2021 ozone hole over the South Pole is already larger than Antarctica - CNET
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2019's Ozone Hole in Context
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The discovery of the Antarctic ozone hole
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Record-breaking 2020 ozone hole closes
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Ozone hole near South Pole shrinks to smallest size ever seen