By 1984, the ozone layer over Antarctica’s Halley Bay research station had lost one-third of its thickness compared to previous decades.(Jonathan) Shanklin and colleagues Joe Farman and Brian Gardiner published their findings the following year, suggesting a link to a human-made compound called chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), used in aerosols and cooling devices. Their discovery, the thinning of the ozone layer over Antarctica, came to be known as the ozone hole.
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Since its heyday, the story of one of the gravest environmental problems that humanity has faced has largely fallen from the radar.
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“It’s not the same cause for alarm that it once was,” says Laura Revell, associate professor of environmental physics at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand.
This is largely due to the unprecedented international steps that governments took to tackle the problem.
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Since its adoption, the Montreal Protocol has been signed by every country on Earth – to date the only treaty to be universally ratified. It’s widely considered a triumph of international environmental cooperation.
According to some models, the Montreal Protocol and its amendments have helped prevent up to two million cases of skin cancer yearly and avoided millions of cataract cases worldwide.
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Had the world not banned CFCs, we would now find ourselves nearing massive ozone depletion.
“By 2050, it’s pretty well-established we would have had ozone hole-like conditions over the whole planet, and the planet would have become uninhabitable,” says Solomon.
OldManOfHockey1 over 1 year ago
Yep!
Silly Season over 1 year ago
And sometimes, Yes.
Something must be done.
…And only governments can do it….
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By 1984, the ozone layer over Antarctica’s Halley Bay research station had lost one-third of its thickness compared to previous decades.(Jonathan) Shanklin and colleagues Joe Farman and Brian Gardiner published their findings the following year, suggesting a link to a human-made compound called chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), used in aerosols and cooling devices. Their discovery, the thinning of the ozone layer over Antarctica, came to be known as the ozone hole.
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Since its heyday, the story of one of the gravest environmental problems that humanity has faced has largely fallen from the radar.
✁
“It’s not the same cause for alarm that it once was,” says Laura Revell, associate professor of environmental physics at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand.
This is largely due to the unprecedented international steps that governments took to tackle the problem.
✁
Since its adoption, the Montreal Protocol has been signed by every country on Earth – to date the only treaty to be universally ratified. It’s widely considered a triumph of international environmental cooperation.
According to some models, the Montreal Protocol and its amendments have helped prevent up to two million cases of skin cancer yearly and avoided millions of cataract cases worldwide.
✁
Had the world not banned CFCs, we would now find ourselves nearing massive ozone depletion.
“By 2050, it’s pretty well-established we would have had ozone hole-like conditions over the whole planet, and the planet would have become uninhabitable,” says Solomon.
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https:
//www.bbc.com/future/article/20220321-what-happened-to-the-worlds-ozone-hole
William Robbins Premium Member over 1 year ago
i wasn’t aware that personal, portable earthquakes are a thing…
Ignatz Premium Member over 1 year ago
Yes, when we suddenly have to pee right now we make bad decisions.
bdpoltergeist Premium Member over 1 year ago
maybe they will be too busy with their petty investigations to create any knee jerk legislation
kipallen over 1 year ago
Just don’t do something, stand there!
T... over 1 year ago
Thank God Carmen is not making those decisions, she just confessed to making bad decisions, who will ever trust her again, I ask you…
fritzoid Premium Member over 1 year ago
Well, it’s why we invaded Iraq after 9/11…
Sun over 1 year ago
Bad decisions are always done by Democrats, then America and Working Americans suffer.