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The Largest Ozone Holes

Author:     krista
Text:       How large and over which countries are the largest ozone holes?

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Author:     Don Libby
Text:       The "hole" is centered over Antarctica (the south pole) and the 
nearest permanently inhabited countries are Chile and Argentina in South 
America. But the ozone is thinning out over other places too.

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