The Largest Ozone Layer Hole Over The Arctic Has Finally Been Fixed

Earth can heal itself from any damaging change even with or without the COVID-19 lockdown that is happening across the world.

Scientists have recently confirmed that the largest ozone layer hole covering 1 million square km above the Arctic has finally been fixed.

The rare hole was discovered earlier this month and was said to a result of the north pole’s low temperatures. If the record-breaking hole somehow managed to travel south, it would have badly affected the humans.

Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) and Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service under the European Commission have confirmed that the hole has healed itself. On its agency, the agency explains why this is possible.

It is worth noting that the healing of the ozone layer hole has no connection to the reduction in pollution and the COVID-19 lockdown. Rather, it is a result of the polar vortex that brings to the polar regions cold air.

According to Copernicus ECMWF, this year’s polar vortex was extremely powerful. As a result, stratospheric clouds were generated. These clouds then reacted with CFC gases, causing a hole in the ozone layer.

But everything has returned to its normal state in the polar region after the polar vortex weakened. Copernicus ECMWF also predicts that the polar vortex will form again; however, the effect it has on the ozone layer might not be as much.

Such ozone layer holes are commonly found above the Antarctic from July to September. This is because naturally around this time, the stratosphere is much colder.

The largest-ever ozone layer hole was the result of a powerful polar vortex and a concentration of ozone-depleting chemicals.

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