Is the Antarctic Ozone Hole Really Mending?

By S. Fred Singer

The AOH is an ephemeral (every Oct-Nov) thinning of stratospheric ozone at an altitude of 20-25 km, roughly covering the Antarctic continent; unanticipated, it was discovered serendipitously in 1985 but is now tracked with satellite-borne ozone meters.  Its discovery created much panic about an epidemic of skin cancers that led directly to passage of the 1987 Montreal Protocol, an international treaty stopping the manufacture and release into the atmosphere of ozone-depleting chemicals, including CFCs used in refrigeration and bromine-containing fire suppressants........The whole ozone story is beset with many failed predictions:.....After witnessing all of these missteps and premature wrong guesses, I may be excused for believing that the current excitement about the “healing” of the AOH could turn out to be just another failed prediction............ More