# Hole in the ozone layer---VANISHING? Newslink

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**Created:** [September 21, 2010, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hole-in-the-ozone-layer-vanishing-newslink/554580 "2010-09-21T21:42:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hole-in-the-ozone-layer-vanishing-newslink/554580/1 "2010-09-21T21:42:50Z")

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Any Enviro-Dopers heard about this?

> **[Ozone layer 'is no longer disappearing and will return to full strength by...](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1313599/Ozone-layer-longer-disappearing-return-strength-2048.html)**
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> The phasing out of nearly 100 substances once used in products like refrigerators and spray cans has stopped the ozone layer being depleted further, scientists say.

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> The ozone layer is no longer disappearing and could be back to full strength by the middle of this century, UN scientists have confirmed.  
> The phasing out of nearly 100 substances once used in products like refrigerators and aerosols has stopped the ozone layer being depleted further, although it is not yet increasing, according to a new United Nations report released last week.  
> Read more: [Ozone layer 'is no longer disappearing and will return to full strength by 2048' | Daily Mail Online](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1313599/Ozone-layer-longer-disappearing-return-strength-2048.html#ixzz10CdRaPLG)

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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hole-in-the-ozone-layer-vanishing-newslink/554580/2 "2010-09-21T21:50:03Z")

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I’d heard it was getting smaller, yes, but I’d also been told it was just a cycle.