Paper 1 · People, Development and Environment
UGC NET December 2023 (11.12.2023) Shift-I
Where among the following was the ozone hole first discovered?
ANorth polar region
BMediterranean region
CSouth polar region ✓ Correct
DTropical region
Correct answer: (C) South polar region — The ozone hole was first discovered over the South polar region, so the answer is South polar region.
Explanation
★The ozone hole was first discovered over the South polar region, so the answer is South polar region.
★It was found over Antarctica in the 1980s.
★The discovery was announced in the journal Nature in 1985.
★It was reported by scientists of the British Antarctic Survey.
★The thinning was most severe over the south pole.
★So the ozone hole was first identified in the South polar region.
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