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Antarctic hole in ozone layer nears record size
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| 9/16/05r
| Stephanie Nebehay
Posted on 09/16/2005 12:50:34 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge
This undated photo shows polar stratospheric clouds lit from below near Kiruna, in Sweden. Polar stratospheric clouds, long known to play an important role in Antarctic ozone destruction, are occurring with increasing frequency in the Arctic. As high altitude clouds that form only at very low temperatures, they act as 'breeding grounds' for ozone-destroying molecules. (HO/NASA/Lamont Poole GN/jp/Reuters)
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posted on
09/16/2005 12:51:32 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... "To remain silent when they should protest makes cowards of men." -- THOMAS JEFFERSON)
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
09/16/2005 12:52:02 PM PDT
by
yobid
(Don't pet the sweaty things - Chicago CTA)
To: NormsRevenge
The hole in the ozone layer above Antarctica has grown to near record size this year, suggesting 20 years of pollution controls have so far had little effect So maybe the planet does this...I don't know...IRRESPECTIVE of what we humans can do to it?
HA! Had you didn't I! Oh, we all know that this was caused by Haliburton/Bush/Karl Rove, more than 20 years ago...they are THAT good at making conspiracies. < /sarcasm>
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posted on
09/16/2005 12:53:20 PM PDT
by
akorahil
(consider this space filled with yet another witty and irreverent tag line instead of this...)
To: NormsRevenge
The hole in the ozone layer above Antarctica has grown to near record size this year, suggesting 20 years of pollution controls have so far had little effect, the United Nations said on Friday So in otherwords we were better off with flourocarbon sprays because the more we cut back, the bigger the hole gets! PEOPLE WE NEED TO POLLUTE MORE!!!
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posted on
09/16/2005 12:53:43 PM PDT
by
Bommer
To: NormsRevenge
what a confusing pile of gooblygook..first it is record size..then it has not grown..then it is no bigger than in 2000 and 2003..then it is said to be leveling off..blahblahblah...lol
To: yobid
There. I just made it worse...
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posted on
09/16/2005 12:56:08 PM PDT
by
frogjerk
(LIBERALISM - Being miserable for no good reason)
To: akorahil
"The hole in the ozone layer above Antarctica has grown to near record size this year, suggesting 20 years of pollution controls have so far had little effect" "U.S. scientists reported last month that the ozone layer has stopped shrinking but it will take decades to start recovering."
What?!
If they didn't know that our efforts would be 'fruitless' 20 years later, how do they know that it will take decades to shrink; or if it will at all?
I call "B" as in "B"
And "S" as in "S".
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posted on
09/16/2005 12:56:21 PM PDT
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akorahil
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To: penelopesire
To: NormsRevenge
Why are we screwing around and spending money rebuilding New Orleans if we are all doomed anyway? First John Roberts and now this. Like the above poster said, "We're all gonna die!"
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posted on
09/16/2005 12:56:40 PM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
(We Gave Peace A Chance. It Didn't Work Out. Search keyword: 09-11-01.)
To: yobid
Why don't we just make some more ozone? I've never heard anyone suggest this, but it seems worth considering.
I guess if we plugged the hole then there would be nothing to complain about.
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09/16/2005 12:56:52 PM PDT
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The Duke
To: NormsRevenge
o·zone (?zon´) noun
1. A blue gaseous allotrope of oxygen, O3, formed naturally from diatomic oxygen by electric discharge or exposure to ultraviolet radiation. It is an unstable, powerfully bleaching, poisonous oxidizing agent with a pungent, irritating odor, used to deodorize air, purify water, treat industrial wastes and as a bleach.
Excerpted from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
I'm confuzed!
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posted on
09/16/2005 12:57:08 PM PDT
by
Jaded
(Hell sometimes has fluorescent lighting and a trumpet. Whadda you mean sometimes?)
To: penelopesire
what a confusing pile of gooblygook..first it is record size..then it has not grown..then it is no bigger than in 2000 and 2003..then it is said to be leveling off..blahblahblah...lol
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Antarctic hole in ozone layer nears record size
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posted on
09/16/2005 12:57:19 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... "To remain silent when they should protest makes cowards of men." -- THOMAS JEFFERSON)
To: NormsRevenge
So how DO you spell China?
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posted on
09/16/2005 12:57:29 PM PDT
by
x5452
To: NormsRevenge
As does the hole in Nancy Pelosi's head
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posted on
09/16/2005 12:57:57 PM PDT
by
msnimje
(Cogito Ergo Republican)
To: NormsRevenge
"Antarctic hole..."
Sounds a little like "put that where the sun don't shine!"
To: NormsRevenge
You mean it's not at 'record size' already? I thought the hole in the OZONE layer was larger than it had ever been and expanding every day. I thought the end of the world was at hand. And NOW you tell me it's not even at record size, yet? Well I guess I'll have to stop backing the Global Warming/KYOTO will save the world crowd...
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posted on
09/16/2005 12:58:26 PM PDT
by
No Longer Free State
(Saddam Hussein harboured and paid terrorists. Any questions?)
To: NormsRevenge
Where's the "Geez, Not This $hit Again!" guy? If my previous readings are correct, ozone is created by the sun's rays on our atmosphere.
As little or no sunlight has hit the Antarctica for the past several months, one could conclude why the ozone hole has grown.
I would expect to see a similar article regarding the Arctic Circle in March 2006.
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posted on
09/16/2005 12:58:26 PM PDT
by
Night Hides Not
(The only NOC list containing the name of Valerie Plame was stolen by Ethan Hunt.)
To: NormsRevenge
Of course, the first time they looked for the hole, it was there. It may will have been there for the last million years.
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posted on
09/16/2005 12:59:42 PM PDT
by
Rodney King
(No, we can't all just get along.)
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