How Ozone is
Destroyed
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June: Winter begins.
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Polar vortex strengthens and
temperatures begin to fall.
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July-August: The temperatures fall to
below -85
o
C.
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Ice clouds form from water vapor
and nitric acid.
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Chemical reactions that can occur
on ice crystals, but not in air, free
chlorine atoms from the CFC.
Williams, The Weather Book