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The massive hole in the ozone layer over the Antarctica was first discovered in
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The Antarctic ozone hole was first discovered in 1985 by a team of British scientists (Farman, Gardiner, and Shanklin) using ground-based measurements from Halley Bay station. This finding was published in Nature and led to accelerated international action on ozone protection, including the Montreal Protocol strengthening.