Ozone layer faces record loss over Arctic Associated Press, 04.05.11, 04:14 AM EDT
GENEVA -- The U.N. weather agency says the depletion of the ozone layer shielding Earth from damaging ultraviolet rays has reached an unprecedented low over the Arctic this spring, because of harmful chemicals and a cold winter.
The World Meteorological Organization said Tuesday that the Earth's fragile ozone layer in the Arctic region has suffered a loss of about 40 percent from the start of winter until late March exceeding the previous seasonal loss of about 30 percent.
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