Marta Ábalos Álvarez

Marta Ábalos Álvarez

Marta Ábalos Álvarez
Position

Researcher in the department of Physics of the Earth and Astrophysics at the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM).

Reaction to the announcement of the observation of a large ozone hole over the tropics

A publication in the journal AIP Advances reports the detection over the tropics of a large ozone hole, defined as an area where more than 25% of the usual ozone has been lost. The hole would be comparable in depth to the well-known hole over Antarctica, but would cover an area seven times larger.