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The ozone hole over Antarctica this year could be one of the smallest seen in three decades, say scientists.
Observations of the gas’s depletion high in the atmosphere demonstrate that it hasn’t opened up in 2019 in the way it normally does.
The EU’s Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) says it’s currently well under half the area usually seen in mid-September.
The hole is also off-centre and far from the pole, the EU agency adds. Read more