Four ways the ozone hole is linked to climate, and one way it isn't

To mark the peak of ozone hole season, we're highlighting four ways that climate and the ozone hole are related—and one important way they aren't. But before you read any further, please take a few moments to enjoy a gorgeous view of the night sky (and an aurora) over the South Pole captured by Patrick Cullis, a NOAA/CIRES scientist who was stationed there from 2008-2009. Antarctica's long months of polar darkness are a key ingredient to the making of the yearly ozone hole, but that doesn'