Year in review: Ozone hole officially on the mend

Montreal Protocol now covers climate-warming replacements too

Ozone hole

A study reported this year confirms that the Antarctic ozone hole is healing. Blue and purple represent areas with the least ozone in this depiction of total ozone from September of this year.

NASA Ozone Watch

In a rare bright spot for global environmental news, atmospheric scientists reported in 2016 that the ozone hole that forms annually over Antarctica is beginning to heal.