Falklands : What's New with the Ozone Hole?
Submitted by Falkland Islands News Network (Juanita Brock) 01.09.2005 (Article Archived on 15.09.2005)
Now that the sun is getting higher on the Antarctic Continent, the ozone hole is getting bigger.
WHAT’S NEW WITH THE OZONE HOLE?
By J. Brock (FINN)
Now that the sun is getting higher in the Antarctic sky the Ozone Hole is getting bigger. At present Europe’s Envisat satellite shows that the hole has grown to 10 million square kilometres, which makes it the largest hole since 2000.
It’s important to note that at night, there is no ozone layer and that it appears when the sun arises on the continent and grows as the sun rises higher in the sky. The sunlight also releases the affects of the Cloroflurocarbons (CFCs) that had been trapped in stratospheric clouds over the dark winter months.
It is reported that the emission of CFCs has slowed down but scientists will not see results for another 50 years.
Islanders are reminded to cam and/or cover up and wear sun glasses when going outside during the times when the depleted ozone layer is over the Falklands.
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