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The ozone layer’s comeback brings a chill to Antarctica’s ocean

Ozone recovery is predicted to shift westerly winds, which will reduce the amount of warm water flowing into the Southern Ocean.
Satellite image of the maximum extent of the ozone hole (black) over Antarctica (centre) in 2020.

The Antarctic ozone hole (blue, artificially coloured). Ozone recovery could lead to cooling of the ocean around Antarctica. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/SPL

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Restoring the ozone layer could cool some of the world’s southernmost waters and reduce the amount of heat that they store1.

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Nature 622, 11 (2023)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-03008-3

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  1. Li, F., Newman, P. A. & Waugh, D. W. Geo. Res. Lett. 50, e2023GL103951 (2023).

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