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The hole over the Arctic now rivals the one over the Antarctic, where a hole has formed in the ozone layer every spring since the 1980s.
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Title: On Our Radar: Gaping Hole in Artic Ozone
Author: New York Times
Main Idea: Due to the serious amount of damage, a hole has formed in the ozone layer over the Arctic
Summary:
1) For the first time since record-keeping began, destruction of the ozone layer over the Arctic in early 2011 was comparable to that in the Antarctic ozone hole
2) This hole forms every spring and threat animal life
3) European Union’s plan to make foreign carriers start paying for their pollution
Opinion: No, it was factual
Question: How serious is the damage? Does the whole affect the Earth's climate in any way?
Is this article important to science?: Yes, because it informs us on the destruction of our ozone layer
Source: http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/03/on-our-radar-gaping-hole-in-arctic-ozone/