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Season 14 · Episode 6

The Hole in the Sky

0.055mFebruary 24, 1987

NOVA travels to Antarctica with an emergency scientific expedition to study a baffling "hole" in the Earth's protective ozone layer.

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Episode 1Countdown to the Invisible Universe
Episode 2Children of Eve
Episode 3Why Planes Crash
Episode 4Orangutans of the Rain Forest
Episode 5Freud Under Analysis
Episode 6The Hole in the Sky
Episode 7Confessions of a Weaponeer
Episode 8Great Moments from NOVA

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Will the World Starve?

Episode 10The Desert Doesn't Bloom Here Anymore

Episode 11Rocky Road to Jupiter

Episode 12Death of a Star

Episode 13Spy Machines

Episode 14Hidden Power of Plants

Episode 15Japan's American Genius

Episode 16A Man, A Plan, A Canal, Panama

Episode 17Volcano!

Episode 18How Good is Soviet Science?

Episode 19Ancient Treasures from the Deep

Episode 20Riddle of the Joints

Episode 21Secrets of the Lost Red Paint People