Large, Deep Antarctic Ozone Hole in 2020

Ozone depletion was significantly worse than in 2019, but better than in the early 2000s.

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NASA Earth Observatory image by Joshua Stevens, using data courtesy of NASA Ozone Watch and GEOS-5 data from the Global Modeling and Assimilation Office at NASA GSFC. Story by Theo Stein, NOAA, and Ellen Gray, NASA Earth Science News Team, with EO Staff.

Published November 2, 2020
Data acquired September 20, 2020

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Model

Suomi NPP > OMPS