WHY CAN’T WE JUST FILL IN THE OZONE HOLE WITH MANMADE OZONE?
The sheer scale of the notorious hole – or, more accurately, depleted region – in the Earth’s ozone layer over the Antartic beggars belief. At its peak each September, it spans an area bigger that the continental United States, and tens of millions of tones of ozone would be needed to fill it up again. Simply creating that amout of ozone, let alone getting it where it’s needed, would be astronomically expensive.
The sheer scale of the notorious hole – or, more accurately, depleted region – in the Earth’s ozone layer over the Antartic beggars belief. At its peak each September, it spans an area bigger that the continental United States, and tens of millions of tones of ozone would be needed to fill it up again. Simply creating that amout of ozone, let alone getting it where it’s needed, would be astronomically expensive.
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