Ozone holes in Antarctica show signs of shrinking

On August 22, the international scientific community was optimistic that the hole in the ozone layer on Antarctica was shrinking. Director of Global Monitoring Institute and Earth System Research Laboratory, Mr. David Hoffman expressed optimism that the ozone layer is returning to normal.

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Dr. Susan Solomon, of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, agrees with Dr. Hofmann.

She emphasized, the important point is that the ozone layer has not only been degraded but has actually begun to improve. Thus international actions to prevent ozone depletion have been effective.

The two scientists are among the first scientists to carry out the measurement of the ozone hole, 20 years ago. They made an optimistic statement at a press conference in Washington.

Dr. Solomon is currently part of the United Nations Advisory Board on global climate change.

Dr. Hoffmann was in Antarctica, in the first year after a British research team took the first measurements of the ozone layer, indicating it had lost.