Sun-lovers will be pleased to hear that the ozone hole appears to be smaller this year.
However, scientists cannot definitively say whether this marks the start of a steady decrease in its size.
"What we will see is a shrinking of the ozone hole, the ozone hole will disappear," Niwa atmospheric research scientist Dr Olaf Morgenstern said.
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