Ozone hole in 2026 is largest in a decade, but long-term recovery remains on track: Report
This year's ozone hole over the Antarctic was the largest in a decade, according to a new report by NOAA and NASA.The 2026 ozone hole became the seventh largest in 48 years of monitoring, fueled by an unusually powerful polar vortex which prolonged ozone depletion in the Antarctic and allowed the hole to grow larger, researchers explained.This is a stark contrast to 2025, when the ozone hole ranked as the […]