The ozone hole over the Antarctic is significantly smaller in 2025 than in previous years, ranking as the fifth-smallest it’s been since 1992, according to a new report by NOAA and NASA scientists.
The ozone hole reached its greatest one-day extent for 2025 in early September, measuring 8.83 million square miles, about 30% smaller than the largest hole on record in 2006.
The so-called “ozone hole” is not an actual hole in the planet’s ozone layer, but rather a large region of Earth’s stratosphere with extremely low ozone concentrations.
Between CFCs and Leaded gasoline, Midgley really had an absurdly long lasting impact. Dude died in 44, but we are just now finally fixing the damage he did. Judging by the current state of the US, leaded gasoline’s legacy still has a bit of time.
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