Ozone Layer Faces Record 40 Pct Loss Over Arctic

By JOHN HEILPRIN, Associated Press
Tue, 04/05/2011 - 8:55am

GENEVA (AP) -- The protective ozone layer in the Arctic that keeps out the sun's most damaging rays - ultraviolet radiation - has thinned about 40 percent this winter, a record drop, the U.N. weather agency said Tuesday....

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