This Day in Weather History

May 16, 2021 - There is a HOLE in The Ozone Layer!!


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If we were to lose the Ozone layer of atmosphere we would be in big big trouble. Top of the list of concerns would be radiation from the sun would be able to reach earth directly. Sounds pretty horrifying and impossible right? We were on the verge of it and it wasn’t all that long ago. The alarm was sounded in the May 16th issue of NATURE Magazine, three scientists from the British Antarctic Survey announced that they had confirmed detection of what was indeed abnormally low levels of ozone over the South Pole….we were now in BIG trouble...this day in weather history.

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