Model shows what ozone layer would look like without Montreal Protocol

By Nicky Phillips
Updated June 8 2015 - 10:08am, first published May 27 2015 - 1:13pm
What the ozone hole above the Arctic would have looked like in 2011 without the Montreal Protocol. Photo: supplied
What the ozone hole above the Arctic would have looked like in 2011 without the Montreal Protocol. Photo: supplied
What the Arctic ozone looked like in 2011 because of the Montreal Protocol. Photo: supplied
What the Arctic ozone looked like in 2011 because of the Montreal Protocol. Photo: supplied

An ozone hole larger than Australia would have opened up over the Arctic if we had continued to use CFC's for the past three decades.