Holey Ozone, Batman!

Remember the evil ozone hole? The one that was gonna turn southern Chile into an irradiated wasteland? And it was all your fault because it was caused by your can of hairspray and your air conditioner? Yeah, well it's closing up now, and apparently that's a bad thing.

The hole in the Earth's ozone layer has shielded Antarctica from the worst effects of global warming until now, according to the most comprehensive review to date of the state of the Antarctic climate. But scientists warned that as the hole closes up in the next few decades, temperatures on the continent could rise by around 3C on average, with melting ice contributing to a global sea-level increases of up to 1.4m.

Our Secret Agents of Apathy have obtained this exclusive interview footage with one of the lead scientists. Attend as he walks us through the team's reasoning process.