References & Sources

Ozone hole is smaller than last year

The ozone hole over Antarctica is apparently on the road to recovery.

Further Readings:

Monastersky, R. 1998. Antarctic ozone hole reaches record size. Science News 154(Oct. 17):246.

______. 1996. Drop in ozone killers means global gain. Science News 149(March 9):151.

Information about the ozone hole is available through NASA Goddard Space Flight Center at http://pao.gsfc.nasa.gov/ and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climate Monitoring and Diagnostic Laboratory at http://www.cmdl.noaa.gov/.

Sources:

David J. Hofmann
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
325 Broadway, 3D116 DSRC
Boulder, CO 80303

Richard D. McPeters
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Mailstop Code 916
Greenbelt, MD 20771

From Science News, Vol. 156, No. 17, October 23, 1999, p. 270. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.