As the amount of chlorine and bromine will continue to decline over the next decades, but very slowly, one expects the ozone hole to get smaller and smaller. |
At this stage it looks like this year's ozone hole will be quite average or maybe a little above average. |
It will probably not break any records, but it shows that ozone depletion is going on and that the so-called ozone recovery has yet to be confirmed. |
The size of the ozone hole this year was expected to be in the same region as in 2000 and 2003, the two largest ozone holes recorded so far. |
The size of this year's ozone hole is approaching an all-time high, but it will probably not break any records. |
You could say that the ozone situation is stabilizing at a low level. We are approaching the maximum of ozone depletion, it is kind of leveling off, but it is still too early to say that the situation is improving. |