The ozone hole over the Antarctica is currently being “treated” with ozone-depleting substances which are used in refrigerators and aerosol cans. We should be very happy that the ozone blanket will protect us once again, but a recent research of the University of Colorado at Boulder, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, proves us wrong.
Well, I shouldn’t put it that way because the ozone recovery is essential, but this study shows that the temperatures over the Antarctica will increase because the winds that protect Antarctic’s interior from the warmers air masses will be weakened.
The study also reveals that Antarctica is not the only region which will be affected - southern South America and Australia could face some climate changes, wetter conditions for the first, respectively, drier conditions. We can only hope that they will find a solution for this problem.
