The observation of unusually low ozone levels over the Arctic last winter provides reassuring evidence that our knowledge of stratospheric chemistry is robust. Whether such an episode will happen again is an open question. See Article p.469
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Garcia, R. An Arctic ozone hole?. Nature 478, 462–463 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/478462a
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