[Fyron]

The ozone hole was caused by a volcanic eruptions in Antarctica during the 1980s and 1990s! It was most certainly not _caused by_ our pollution. The reason why the hole has decreased in size is because the effects of the 1991 eruption of Mt Pinatubo have slowy been filtered out.

http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/topstory/20...04volcano.html

http://www.theozonehole.com/ozonehole2001.htm

http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/About_BA...eruptions.html

http://randalcarr.tripod.com/pinatubo/

[ February 12, 2004, 01:41: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]