{"id":991,"date":"2006-10-03T09:01:00","date_gmt":"2006-10-03T07:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kids.esa.int\/record_ozone_loss_over_south_pole\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T00:34:36","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T22:34:36","slug":"record_ozone_loss_over_south_pole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kids.esa.int\/nl\/record_ozone_loss_over_south_pole\/","title":{"rendered":"Nieuw record voor ozongat boven Antarctica"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lede\">\n<p>Sinds 1985 houden wetenschappers het gat in de ozonlaag boven de zuidpool in de gaten. Ze hoopten dat het gat langzaam kleiner zou worden. Maar nieuwe gegevens van ESA\u2019s Envisat laten zien dat dit jaar meer ozon is verdwenen dan ooit.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Volgens metingen op 2 oktober is veertig miljoen ton ozon verdwenen. Dat is nog meer dan het vorige record uit 2000. Het ozongat is nu 28 miljoen vierkante kilometer groot. Dat is bijna even groot als in 2000. Het is ook bijna even groot als vorige records.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEen dergelijk aanzienlijk ozonverlies vereist zeer lage temperaturen in de stratosfeer, in combinatie met zonlicht,\u201d aldus ESA-wetenschapper Claus Zehner. \u201cHet extreme ozonverlies van dit jaar kan worden verklaard doordat de temperaturen boven Antarctica ongeveer min 92 graden Celsius bereikten \u2013 de laagste waarde die sinds 1979 in dat gebied is gemeten.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-natural\" data-width=\"400\" data-credit=\"KNMI\/TEMIS\" data-detail-url=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/ESA_Multimedia\/Images\/2006\/10\/Ozone_loss_over_the_South_Pole2\" data-licence=\"ESA Standard Licence\" data-licence-url=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/ESA_Multimedia\/Terms_and_conditions_of_use_of_images_and_videos_available_on_the_esa_website\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/var\/esa\/storage\/images\/esa_multimedia\/images\/2006\/10\/ozone_loss_over_the_south_pole2\/17906643-2-eng-GB\/Ozone_loss_over_the_South_Pole.gif\" alt=\"Ozone loss over the South Pole\"><figcaption>Ozonafbraak boven de Zuidpool<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ozon is een soort zuurstofgas. Het vormt een laag tussen 25 en veertig kilometer boven de aarde, in een gebied dat we de stratosfeer noemen. De ozonlaag is belangrijk, omdat hij schadelijke UV-straling van de zon tegenhoudt. Die straling verhoogt de kans op huidkanker en staar, en is schadelijk voor het leven in zee.<\/p>\n<p>De ozonlaag wordt dunner door verontreiniging met chloor en andere menselijke producten. Die blijven jarenlang in de atmosfeer achter. Als het voorjaar wordt op de zuidpool, verwarmt het zonlicht de hoge bewolking. Het chloor komt dan vrij uit de wolken en vernietigt de ozon snel.<\/p>\n<p>Het gat blijft meestal tot november of december bestaan. Tegen die tijd wordt de ozonarme lucht boven Antarctica aangevuld door ozonrijke lucht uit andere streken.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since 1985, scientists have been monitoring a hole in the ozone layer, high above Antarctica. 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