Uploaded October 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
This year, the ozone hole over Antarctica reached its annual maximum extent on September 28th, 2024, with an area of 8.5 million square miles (22.4 square million kilometers.)
The hole, which is actually a region of depleted ozone, was the 20th smallest since scientists began recording the ozone hole in 1979. The average size of the ozone hole between September and October this year was the 7th-smallest since the Montreal Protocol began to take effect.
Universal Music Production: “What Was Reported As Is”
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Paul Newman (NASA GSFC): Lead Scientist
Amy Moran (NASA GSFC): Lead Visualizer
James Riordon (NASA GSFC): Writer
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This year, the ozone hole over Antarctica reached its annual maximum extent on September 28th, 2024, with an area of 8.5 million square miles (22.4 square million kilometers.)
The hole, which is actually a region of depleted ozone, was the 20th smallest since scientists began recording the ozone hole in 1979. The average size of the ozone hole between September and October this year was the 7th-smallest since the Montreal Protocol began to take effect.
Universal Music Production: “What Was Reported As Is”
Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Kathleen Gaeta (GSFC AMA): Lead Producer
Paul Newman (NASA GSFC): Lead Scientist
Amy Moran (NASA GSFC): Lead Visualizer
James Riordon (NASA GSFC): Writer
This video can be freely shared and downloaded at svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14711 . While the video in its entirety can be shared without permission, the music and some individual imagery may have been obtained through permission and may not be excised or remixed in other products. For more information on NASA’s media guidelines, visit nasa.gov/multimedia/guidelines.
If you liked this video, subscribe to the NASA Goddard YouTube channel: youtube.com/NASAGoddard
Follow NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
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