Meaning of ozone hole | Babel Free

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A region of the stratosphere over Antarctica (and a smaller one over the Arctic) that is depleted of ozone in the local spring.

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“Callis says that the ozone hole now developing over the Antarctic is as deep as last year's hole, but seems to cover a smaller area.”

“When [Richard] Stolarski double-checked, he found that the depleted region covered all of Antarctica—and the “ozone hole” was born. It wasn't an instrument error. It was a real phenomenon.”

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