Sentences with phrase «size of the ozone hole»

The findings suggest that measuring the total size of the ozone hole says little about ozone depletion, and that it's misleading to use the hole's extent alone to measure environmental progress.

The small size of the ozone hole in 2012 was a result of weather bringing in more ozone at higher levels of the stratosphere than usual to Antarctica, masking the depletion at lower levels.

Tracking the ozone layer's recovery process is tricky because natural phenomena such as volcanic eruptions and weather variations can alter the size of the ozone hole.

Since then, scientists have observed seasonal fluctuations in the size of the ozone hole.

This continued presence of CFCs in the stratosphere is resulting in the destruction of Ozone at that level, increasing the size of the ozone hole (s).

Over the long term, the size of the ozone hole is governed by emissions of chlorine and bromine containing compounds, for example chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), generated mostly by human activities.

Interestingly, recent studies have shown that the size of the ozone hole affects the global temperature.

Scientists now understand that the size of the ozone hole varies dramatically from year to year, which complicates attempts to accurately predict the hole's future size.

Rather, wind patterns are responsible for the varying size of the ozone hole.

This links observed changes in the size of the ozone holes at the poles to solar causation rather than to human emissions of CFCs.

The treaty was incorporated in Title VI of the Clean Air Act and has proven successful in reducing the size of the ozone hole according to a recent post by CCNF science columnist Dr. Mauri Pelto.