In which year the first ozone hole was discovered?

1980

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1983

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1985

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1990

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The correct option is C 1985
1985
The discovery of the Antarctic "ozone hole" by British Antarctic Survey scientists Farman, Gardiner and Shanklin (first reported in a paper in Nature in May 1985) came as a shock to the scientific community, because the observed decline in polar ozone was far larger than anyone had anticipated.

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