Ozone Repletion Project Nearly Finished

MCMURDO, ANTARCTIC STATES—Franklin Serwacki, lead project administrator of the Global Ozone Restoration Initiative, announced Monday that the earth’s ozone layer will be restored to pre-Industrial Revolution levels by the end of the month. “With our new Bering Strait facility operating at full capacity, repletion of the ozone layer should be complete by… oh, I’d say next Thursday. It’s been a busy couple of weeks, but soon we’ll be able to look back on a job well done.” Serwacki then offered his apologies to the more than 6 billion people who were irreparably harmed by solar UV radiation in the several decades the project was delayed by tripartisan bickering.