ozone hole

noun

: an area of the ozone layer (as near the south pole) that is seasonally depleted of ozone

Examples of ozone hole in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The ozone hole and acid rain were not fixed with the first international agreements on the table. Hannah Ritchie, Scientific American, 25 Oct. 2023 Growing up in Zurich, Heuberger had been terrified by the environmental calamities that defined the eighties and nineties: Chernobyl, the ozone hole, acid rain. Heidi Blake, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023 In that 33-year record, this is the 14th largest ozone hole. Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 30 Oct. 2020 In October, the ozone hole over Antarctica grew to one of the largest on record. Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 23 Oct. 2023 Every year, an ozone hole forms over the Antarctic due to the presence of ozone-depleting substances in the stratosphere and the specific conditions of the region, according to Copernicus. Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2023 The annual ozone hole that forms over Antarctica has ballooned to near-record size, scientists say. Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2023 This year's stratospheric ozone hole over Antarctica grew by 3.3 million square miles over last year's. Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 30 Oct. 2020 The ozone hole tends to result in those winds being pushed outward from Antarctica. Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 12 Feb. 2022

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Word History

First Known Use

1986, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of ozone hole was in 1986

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“Ozone hole.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ozone%20hole. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

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ozone hole

noun
: an area of the ozone layer (as near the south pole) that is seasonally depleted of ozone
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