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<title>Our World in Data - Ozone Layer</title>
<subtitle>Research and data to make progress against the world’s largest problems</subtitle>
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<updated>2026-03-28T07:00:00.000Z</updated>
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    <title>Track the recovery of the ozone layer with updated data</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/track-the-recovery-of-the-ozone-layer-with-updated-data</id>
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    <published>2026-03-28T07:00:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Lucas Rodés-Guirao</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[We've updated our charts on the Antarctic ozone hole with the latest data from NASA.<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/track-the-recovery-of-the-ozone-layer-with-updated-data"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/default-featured-image.png"/></a>]]></summary>
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    <title>The ozone hole over the Antarctic grew rapidly in the 1980s, but stopped growing in the late 1990s</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/the-ozone-hole-over-the-antarctic-grew-rapidly-in-the-1980s-but-stopped-growing-in-the-late-1990s</id>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/the-ozone-hole-over-the-antarctic-grew-rapidly-in-the-1980s-but-stopped-growing-in-the-late-1990s"/>
    <published>2024-06-20T06:28:37.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Hannah Ritchie</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/the-ozone-hole-over-the-antarctic-grew-rapidly-in-the-1980s-but-stopped-growing-in-the-late-1990s"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/164aa1f2-a5a4-4b12-e28a-1c3ec6976000/w=608"/></a>]]></summary>
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    <title>Emissions of substances that deplete the ozone layer have fallen by more than 99% since 1989</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/emissions-of-substances-that-deplete-the-ozone-layer-have-fallen-by-more-than-99-since-1989</id>
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    <published>2024-04-29T06:43:31.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Esteban Ortiz-Ospina</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/emissions-of-substances-that-deplete-the-ozone-layer-have-fallen-by-more-than-99-since-1989"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/2292720a-d09a-4de2-a853-79bbc3a41400/w=608"/></a>]]></summary>
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<entry>
    <title>Ozone Layer</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/ozone-layer</id>
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    <published>2023-04-05T14:55:40.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Hannah Ritchie</name></author><author><name>Lucas Rodés-Guirao</name></author><author><name>Max Roser</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Humans were emitting large amounts of gases that depleted the ozone layer. But in the 1980s the world came together to tackle the problem. Emissions have fallen by more than 99%.<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/ozone-layer"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/5d814c47-aeb2-4d79-0af7-8b769b173600/w=512"/></a>]]></summary>
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<entry>
    <title>What is the ozone layer, and why is it important?</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/ozone-layer-context</id>
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    <published>2023-03-13T11:43:52.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Hannah Ritchie</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Over the last 50 years, holes in the ozone layer have opened up. Why does that matter for life on Earth?<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/ozone-layer-context"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/6f41ecd9-8039-423a-4803-7aecb5a42700/w=512"/></a>]]></summary>
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