Ultraviolet radiation may harm exposed fish

An Associated Press article states that Kirk Malloy and William Detrich of Northeastern University in Boston have found that ultraviolet light reaching the surface unimpeded due to the hole in the ozone layer over the South Pole is affecting fish in the region. These researchers have found lesions in icefish off the Antarctic Peninsula that stretches toward the tip of South America. There have been reports of damage to algae in the area, but this is the first report of damage to fish.