Question

Formation of ozone hole is maximum over

(a) Europe

(b) Africa

(c) India

(d) Antarctica.

Answer 1

(d) Antarctica.

Depletion inside the attention of ozone over a constrained region as spring time decline over Antartica is referred to as ozone hole. An ozone hollow became discovered over Antartica by means of Faman et al, 1985. it is pretty big (23 million rectangular km in 1992 and 28.three million rectangular km in 2000). A small ozone hole also takes place over North Pole, it was discovered in 1990. Thinning of ozone shield has additionally been reported someplace else (e.g., 8% among 30° – 50° N).