Developing ozone hole approaches Europe

EurActiv writes about the large area of depleted ozone that has formed over the North Pole. According to the scientists, it could settle over Scandinavia and Eastern Europe on 30-31 March 2011.

The fast-thinning Arctic ozone layer was first detected by an international network of over 30 ozone sounding stations spread across the Arctic and sub-Arctic, and coordinated by the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research.

The institute's latest predictions, based on data collated from the European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts, are that it will affect parts of Scandinavia and Eastern Europe on the last days of March 2011.

Website: European Commission: Dg Climate Action: Policies: Protection of the ozone layer http://ec.europa.eu/clima/policies/ozone/index_en.htm

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