Ozone layer on track to recover


A fresh report from the UN’s World Meteorological Organisation highlighted that the ozone hole over the Antarctic was smaller in 2024 than in recent years. — AFP

GENEVA: The Earth’s protective ozone layer is healing and the hole should fully disappear in coming decades, according to the United Nations (UN), hailing the success of concerted international action.

A fresh report from the UN’s World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) highlighted that the ozone hole over the Antarctic was smaller in 2024 than in recent years, in what it said was “welcome scientific news for people’s and planetary health”.

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