 ozone-depleting substances in the stratosphere will not return to pre-1980 levels until the middle decades of this century. These same models predict that the Antarctic ozone layer will recover around 2040. On the other hand, because of the impact of greenhouse gas warming, the ozone layer over the tropics and mid-southern latitudes may not recover for more than a century, and perhaps not ever.
- Carlowicz, M. (2009). The World We Avoided by Protecting the Ozone Layer. NASA’s Earth Observatory Website.
- Carlowicz, M. (2009). Climate Change and Atmospheric Circulation Will Make for Uneven Ozone Recovery. NASA Portal Website.
- NASA. Ozone Hole Watch Website.
Antarctic Ozone Hole
By Rebecca Lindsey
September 17, 1979
- Growing Deltas in Atchafalaya Bay
- Global Temperatures
- Columbia Glacier, Alaska
- Coastline Change
- Shrinking Aral Sea
- Antarctic Ozone Hole
- Water Level in Lake Powell
- Antarctic Sea Ice
- Arctic Sea Ice
- Amazon Deforestation
- Mountaintop Mining, West Virginia
- Recovery at Mt. St. Helens
- Fire in Etosha National Park
- Green Seasons of Maine
- Drought Cycles in Australia
- Athabasca Oil Sands
- Burn Recovery in Yellowstone
- Severe Storms
- Seasons of the Indus River
- Urbanization of Dubai
- Seasons of Lake Tahoe
- Solar Activity
- Larsen-B Ice Shelf
- Mesopotamia Marshes
- Yellow River Delta
- El Niño, La Niña, and Rainfall
- Global Biosphere