Find out why the temperature in South Africa increases

The loss of ozone in Antarctica may have caused the temperature in South Africa to increase in the past two decades.

>>>The hole in the ozone layer in Antarctica is shrinking

The chart shows the impact of ozone holes in South Africa - (Photo: Desmond Manatsa)

In early summer, South Africa was affected by weather conditions called Angolan Angolan , which led to an increase in temperature across the region, according to a report published in Nature Geoscience.

Together with international colleagues, Desmond Manatsa, climate scientist at Bindura University (Zimbabwe), analyzed climate data from 1979 to 2010, and discovered when the hole in the ozone layer in Antarctica, the temperature in Antarctica also increases.

The ozone hole is the largest in the spring in the southern hemisphere, causing the southernmost stratosphere to drop in temperature, affecting low-pressure systems such as Anglo-low Angola.

This gap also increases the frequency and summer precipitation in subtropical areas of the southern hemisphere, including southern Indian Ocean and Eastern Australia.