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Ozone loss made tropics rainier

Hole over Antarctica changes weather patterns all the way to the equator

By Alexandra Witze

- More than 2 years ago

From high above the South Pole, Earth’s ozone hole can affect rainfall as far away as the tropics, scientists have found.

LET IT RAIN By pulling atmospheric circulation patterns further south, the ozone hole that appeared in the 1980s over Antarctica brought more rain south of the equator.