[KarlInOhio]

Russian news reports suggested that Moscow was "in the zone of risk," but that projection was based merely on the inclination of UARS' orbit.

The "sone of risk" is probably the entire earth between 57°N and 57°S, but the Russian news report pumped up the warning to Moscow.

[Fixit]

I wonder how you spell the equivalent of FUD in Cyrillic?

[Species8472]

The "sone of risk" is probably the entire earth between 57°N and 57°S, but the Russian news report pumped up the warning to Moscow.

NASA says readings from UARS provided conclusive evidence that chlorine in the atmosphere, originating from human-produced chlorofluorocarbons, is at the root of the polar ozone hole.

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I may not be a rocket scientist, but how did they measure polar ozone with a satellite that did not travel over the polar region?