Unusual Winds Drive a Small 2019 Ozone Hole

Every year, NASA and NOAA track the hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica as it grows to its annual winter maximum. This year, the hole was smaller than expected, due to an unusual weather pattern in the stratosphere.

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Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Scientific Visualization Studio
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Eric Nash (SSAI): Visualizer
Paul Newman (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
Susan Strahan (USRA): Scientist

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