our ozone is healing

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On a more promising note: the study found that the hole in the ozone -- which is really more like a thin spot over Antarctica, as well as the Arctic and some mid-latitude regions -- is now 1.5 million square miles smaller than it was in 2000. On the flip side, in 2009 NASA scientists created a simulation showing what would have happened had the 1987 Montreal Protocol treaty never banned the use of CFCs across the planet. According to that study, there would have been virtually no ozone left by the 2050s, and a mere 10 minutes of summer sun in New York would have been enough to cause "a noticeable sunburn."

https://www.engadget.com/2016/07/01/earths-ozone-in-recovery/
 
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