Ozone Hole Shrinks to <br />Smallest Size On Record.<br />The shrinkage has been attributed <br />to unusually warm temperatures <br />high above Antarctica.<br />This is the third time in 40 years <br />that warm temperatures have <br />limited ozone depletion.<br />The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration <br />said there is no correlation identified between the <br />weather patterns and climate change.<br />It’s important to recognize that what we’re seeing this year is due to warmer stratospheric temperatures. It’s not a sign that atmospheric ozone is suddenly on a fast track to recovery. , Chief Scientist of Earth Sciences at NASA Paul Newman.<br />Scientists expect the ozone hole <br />to shrink to the same size it was <br />in 1980 by about 2070
