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Dark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 06:53 PM Original message |
Ozone layer 'is no longer disappearing and will return to full strength by 2048', says UN report |
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Fearless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
1. Let's hope this is in fact true and not statistical aberration |
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caraher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 07:33 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Completely believable |
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Fearless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 07:55 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Skepticism is never undue. |
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caraher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 08:52 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Skepticism should be in the right measure |
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Fearless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 08:53 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. And I hope you're right. Because this would be very good news. |
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truthisfreedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
2. Proof that an effort can cause change. The oil industry will not let us make the next needed |
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jannyk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
3. Good news - yes, but a double-edged sword I think. |
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ingac70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 07:25 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Um, the things that were destroying the ozone.... |
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RantinRavin (423 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 09:17 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. I hope you don't believe they are actually disposing of it properly |
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ingac70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 09:54 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. I'm EPA certified to handle refrigerants.... |
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RantinRavin (423 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 04:02 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. So am I, and have been since 1993 |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 07:12 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Uh-oh ... |
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cartach (361 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 12:06 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Enough of the BS ! |
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caraher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 07:31 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Shouldn't be |
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DGG (18 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 08:07 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Except, of course, it has nothing to do with CO2 |
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caraher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 08:56 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Yup |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 01:00 AM Response to Reply #8 |
17. Welcome to DU! |
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zogofzorkon (256 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
13. So soon it should be easier to get lost in the ozone again, although |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-20-10 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
14. "although annual springtime ozone hole over Antarctic not expected to recover until 2073" |
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caraher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 07:36 AM Response to Reply #14 |
20. Recovery = return to pre-1980 levels |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 07:46 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Don't have info handy, but as I recall, there is a "hole" when MORE than 50% of ... |
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caraher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 11:34 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Oh, I thought you meant what they meant by recovery apart from the hole |
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TrogL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-21-10 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
23. I'll be dead by then |
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