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 Ozone crisis [1]

According to a report by the US-based World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), the seasonal hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica reached record proportions in September 1998. Covering an area of 25 million square kilometres, or about 2.5 times the area of Europe, this hole surpassed the previous record

Publication Date: 
14/04/1999
Down to Earth [2]
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Health Effects [3], Ozone Layer [4], Radiation [5], Environmental Science [6], United States Of America (US) [7], Antarctica [8]
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