🌍 Amazing animation from Copernicus showing the Antarctic ozone hole in 2025 Every year, a “hole” forms in the ozone layer over Antarctica because of human-made chemicals like CFCs. These chemicals release chlorine high up in the atmosphere, which destroys ozone. During the Antarctic winter, the air gets very cold and is trapped by the polar vortex, allowing chlorine to build up. When the sun returns in spring, this chlorine becomes active and quickly eats away at the ozone. The hole usually re

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