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.

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[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It doesn't need protecting. Just stop damaging it.

[–] kevinrns@mstdn.social 1 points 4 months ago

@MonkderVierte

I understand your frustration with oil execs harming our home, in order to buy their expensively decorated food.

But the life envelope needs just as much care as a new born. Even after oil is replaced.

When we grow up and stop harming for advantage, we'll still treat our "life"boat as a friend.