": an area of the ozone layer (as near the south pole) that is seasonally depleted of ozone":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The ozone hole is related to the Antarctic polar vortex, a band of swirling cold air that moves around the Earth. \u2014 Jeevan Ravindran, CNN , 16 Sep. 2021",
"The Montreal Protocol was negotiated in the 1980s to address the ozone hole in the atmosphere by phasing out the production of ozone-depleting chemicals. \u2014 Phil Mckenna And James Bruggers, The Courier-Journal , 4 Oct. 2021",
"This year\u2019s ozone hole over Antarctic is much bigger than average at around 24 million square kilometers, a reflection of the vortex\u2019s strength. \u2014 Jason Samenow And Kasha Patel, Anchorage Daily News , 2 Oct. 2021",
"Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service said Thursday that the ozone hole , which appears every year during the Southern Hemisphere spring, has grown considerably in the past week following an average start. \u2014 NBC News , 16 Sep. 2021",
"Scientists say the Southern Hemisphere ozone hole is larger than usual and already surpasses the size of Antarctica. \u2014 NBC News , 16 Sep. 2021",
"The 2021 ozone hole has considerably grown in the last week and is now larger than 75% of ozone holes at that stage in the season since 1979. \u2014 Disha Shetty, Forbes , 16 Sep. 2021",
"Solar geoengineering could disrupt Asian monsoons, alter agricultural production, slow recovery of the ozone hole or change the productivity of the ocean. \u2014 Ted Alcorn, WSJ , 13 May 2021",
"Decades ago, lab work was enough to figure out the complex chemistry that was depleting the ozone hole , Cziczo says. \u2014 Paul Voosen, Science | AAAS , 15 Dec. 2020"
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"first_known_use":{
"1986, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-165242"
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"ozonous":{
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"ozone layer":{
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": an atmospheric layer at heights of about 20 to 30 miles (32 to 48 kilometers) that is normally characterized by high ozone content which blocks most solar ultraviolet radiation from entry into the lower atmosphere":[]
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"The 1987 Montreal Protocol phasing out industrial chemicals that were destroying the ozone layer is considered one of the most successful international environmental actions ever taken. \u2014 Jim Robbins, Wired , 16 Oct. 2021",
"These were, along with the 1987 Montreal Protocol to protect the stratospheric ozone layer , the few successful environmental mitigation responses. \u2014 Frank Van Gansbeke, Forbes , 8 Sep. 2021",
"In 1987, humanity managed to ban the dangerous chemicals that were destroying the ozone layer without authoritarian rule. \u2014 Adam Frank, The Atlantic , 19 Feb. 2022",
"In other not-great wildfire news, Bob Berwyn reports for Inside Climate News on new research finding that smoke columns can rise into the stratosphere and deplete the ozone layer , adding to skin cancer risk. \u2014 Sammy Rothstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 24 Mar. 2022",
"While Earth\u2019s atmosphere contains layers\u2014such as the stratosphere, whose ozone layer protects us from the Sun\u2019s harmful ultraviolet radiation\u2014 WASP-189b appears to have a layer of titanium that may act in a similar way. \u2014 Jamie Carter, Forbes , 31 Jan. 2022",
"The deadly wildfires that scorched southeastern Australia in 2019 and 2020 triggered atmospheric changes miles high and thinned the ozone layer over large parts of the Southern Hemisphere for months, new research shows. \u2014 Nidhi Subbaraman, WSJ , 17 Mar. 2022",
"The layer of smoke in the atmosphere would destroy as much as 75 percent of the ozone layer . \u2014 Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic , 9 Mar. 2022",
"At 400 meters below sea level, harmful UV rays are filtered through an evaporation layer above the Dead Sea, the ozone layer , and an extra atmospheric layer. \u2014 Perri Ormont Blumberg, Travel + Leisure , 13 Feb. 2022"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-233058"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-011532"
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"ozonosphere":{
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"first_known_use":{
"1933, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-171926"
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": an early form of the carbro process":[]
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": a waxy mineral mixture of hydrocarbons that is colorless or white when pure and often of unpleasant odor and is used especially in making candles and in electrotyping":[]
