ozone hole
noun
: an area of the ozone layer (as near the south pole) that is seasonally depleted of ozone
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The depth of the 2024 Antarctic ozone hole – which appears over the Antarctic each year in spring and shows especially dramatic thinning of the ozone layer – was below the 1990–2020 average.
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New Atlas, 20 Sep. 2025
The 2024 ozone hole also formed relatively slowly and recovered relatively quickly—a good sign for the future of the ozone layer, according to the report.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 16 Sep. 2025
The discovery of the Antarctic ozone hole in 1985 confirmed the threat.
—Dianne Plummer, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Your authors grew up in a time when school-children learned about the problems of an ozone hole, acid rain, and depleted tungsten supplies, not carbon emissions.
—Literary Hub, 8 Aug. 2025
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New Atlas, 20 Sep. 2025
The 2024 ozone hole also formed relatively slowly and recovered relatively quickly—a good sign for the future of the ozone layer, according to the report.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 16 Sep. 2025
The discovery of the Antarctic ozone hole in 1985 confirmed the threat.
—Dianne Plummer, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Your authors grew up in a time when school-children learned about the problems of an ozone hole, acid rain, and depleted tungsten supplies, not carbon emissions.
—Literary Hub, 8 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for ozone hole
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“Ozone hole.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ozone%20hole. Accessed 28 Sep. 2025.
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