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Antarctic ozone hole slightly smaller than average this year
Description: The ozone hole that forms each year in the stratosphere over Antarctica was slightly smaller in 2013 than average in recent decades, according to NASA satellite data. The ozone hole is a seasonal phenomenon that starts to form during the Antarctic spring (August and September). The September-October 2013 average size of the hole was 8.1 million square miles (21 million square kilometers). [Source: NASA Climate Change News]
URL: http://climate.nasa.gov/news/993
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Source: NASA Climate Change News
Publish Date: 10/28/2013
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