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Ozone hole is the smallest on record due to 'rare event,' NASA says
Fox News ^ | 10/21/19 | Chris Ciaccia

Posted on 10/21/2019 12:33:00 PM PDT by AT7Saluki

Unusual weather patterns in the upper atmosphere over Antarctica have caused a drastic reduction in ozone depletion, leaving the ozone with the smallest hole seen since its discovery in 1982, according to NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

The government agencies said that the hole had shrunk to 3.9 million square miles for the remainder of September and October, according to satellite data. The peak in the hole was 6.3 million square miles, observed on Sept. 8. During normal weather conditions, the hole is usually around 8 million square miles during this time of year.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: antarctic; antarctica; cfc; climate; globalwarminghoax; greennewdeal; hole; nasa; ozone; ozonehole
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To: AT7Saluki

One thing to keep in mind with this silly headline is that our ‘records’ of such things do not go back very far at all. When we got around to launching satellites that could even measure it, it was the late 70s or early 80s. When they did, the econuts started screaming about an ‘ozone hole’ (which wasn’t even an actual hole, more of a thinning of ozone than anything else). They demanded the elimination of CFCs, to “fix” this, (much to the delight of Dow Chemical, whos patent on the CFCs in question were expiring) despite the fact that they had no idea if this was a normal part of way the atmosphere has acted since the planet came into existence or not. The ‘ozone hole’ has always been a fraudulent evironut screaming point since its inception.


21 posted on 10/21/2019 1:49:59 PM PDT by zeugma (I sure wish I lived in a country where the rule of law actually applied to those in power.)
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To: CJ Wolf

Refrigerant is heavier then air


22 posted on 10/21/2019 1:56:37 PM PDT by Trump.Deplorable
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To: SunkenCiv

*ping*


23 posted on 10/21/2019 1:57:51 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Who will think of the gerbils ? Just say no to Buttgiggity !)
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To: Trump.Deplorable

You dont say!


24 posted on 10/21/2019 2:00:11 PM PDT by CJ Wolf (Freedom, if you can keep it)
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To: fieldmarshaldj
"Pull my finger."

25 posted on 10/21/2019 2:00:57 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: woodbutcher1963

Ya missed one ........ACID RAIN


26 posted on 10/21/2019 2:01:25 PM PDT by Hillary'sMoralVoid
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To: AT7Saluki

Shrinkage.


27 posted on 10/21/2019 2:52:12 PM PDT by beethovenfan (Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin)
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To: AT7Saluki

It was all the gas escaping from the mouths of climate alarmists...


28 posted on 10/21/2019 4:03:05 PM PDT by OrangeHoof (The Democrats - Unafraid to burn in Hell.)
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To: Red Badger
The “hole” was discovered in the 1940’s................

Not ironically, Shitlery Clinton was born in 1947.

Just sayin' ...

29 posted on 10/21/2019 4:05:20 PM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: DoughtyOne
Is there a physiological explanation for this constant fear, and the absolute need to keep the public panicked, or is it just Leftism 101?

Just watch the Winnie the Pooh movie "Tigger and the Jagular"...that's all you need to know.

30 posted on 10/21/2019 4:09:47 PM PDT by lightman (Byzantine Troparia: The "praise choruses" of antiquity.)
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To: BereanBrain

Oh PLEASE bring the cold weather.

91 today in SFL on OCT 21 ! ! ! Had enough global warming. Can I get some global cooling PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE


31 posted on 10/21/2019 4:17:28 PM PDT by bicyclerepair (MAGA - DRAIN THE SWAMP ! - I love my online family of FReepers.)
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To: bicyclerepair
Be careful what you ask for!!

I survived the Great Polar Vortex of 2019 when the temp was -27 and the wind chill was -74 earlier this year.

I live in the far Southwest Suburbs of Shitcago. Those are NOT normal temp's for us. I woke up to a house that was down to 50 degrees and a furnace that decided to quit in the middle of all of that.

It was NOT fun. I'll happily trade you scenario's.

32 posted on 10/21/2019 4:38:01 PM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: lightman

Smile...


33 posted on 10/21/2019 4:38:41 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (This space for rent.)
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To: AT7Saluki
Unusual weather patterns in the upper atmosphere over Antarctica have caused a drastic reduction in ozone depletion

No narrative there [/sarc]. The occupation media strikes again.
34 posted on 10/21/2019 4:53:53 PM PDT by PA Engineer (Liberate America from the Occupation Media.)
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To: AT7Saluki

Why is it news when something causes Gaia’s butthole to pucker?


35 posted on 10/21/2019 7:30:48 PM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: Mastador1

Jusy maybe you’re mistakenly looking at Uranus???


36 posted on 10/21/2019 7:55:08 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reefucation Camp???)
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To: usconservative; bicyclerepair

Our hottest day of the year was in mid-JUNE, when it got to 88*. There was still a Degree Day of 1.71C for the 24 hour period.

Most summer days have a negative DD. It’s been a COLD summer on the west coast.


37 posted on 10/21/2019 8:22:27 PM PDT by Don W (When blacks riot, neighbourhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn.)
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To: Don W
I'm about 25 miles southwest of Shitcago and I'll tell you that the experience here was the same. We didn't get anywhere near the number of above 88 degree days that we'd normally get we had a very wet spring going into a cooler and wetter summer at the beginning of the season than I think we've ever had.

Someone else here on FR pointed it out, we're not going through climate change we're going through seasonal shift.

The past few winter's here seemingly started later than normal and ended later than normal too. It sure does feel like seasonal shift to me anyway.

38 posted on 10/22/2019 2:00:14 AM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: hal ogen

We’ll if you believe there is a ozone hole around Uranus, that’s no business of mine.


39 posted on 10/22/2019 8:50:28 AM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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