Category: Environment

NOAA Corps LT Michael Doneghey, the South Pole observatory station lead, holds a weather balloon while NOAA Station Technician Luke Longren carries a package containing an ozonesonde — an airborne instrument that measures ozone levels — just prior to launch on October 18, 2026. (Image credit: Tommy Jensen/Amentum. With permission.)

NOAA, NASA Release Measurements of 2026 Ozone Hole

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Ocean Science

11/13/2026 - By noaa.gov, noaa.gov. Atypical weather conditions caused the Antarctic ozone hole to grow to an unusually large size in 2026, NOAA and NASA scientists reported today, though they said the protective ozone layer is still on track to recover by later this century. Fueled by a powerful polar vortex, the… SEE MORE

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