Quote from: "Herman"The UN fixed it just like they are going to stop climate change. ac_toofunny



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In case you needed some good news today, according to a recent United Nations (UN) report, the Earth's ozone layer is healing, and could be totally closed up in the next 30 years. "Actions taken under the Montreal Protocol have led to decreases in the atmospheric abundance of controlled ozone-depleting substances (ODSs) and the start of the recovery of the stratospheric ozone," the report states. Which is a super encouraging example of what's possible when people work together on a global scale for positive change.





CNN reports that these ozone-depleting substances, called chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), were identified more that 30 years ago as the main reason why the Earth's fragile ozone layer was sustaining massive damage. (That's that "hole in the ozone" you keep hearing about.) The ozone layer is a delicate layer of gas that surrounds the planet, and it protects all life forms from potentially damaging ultraviolet (UV) rays from the sun. A damaged ozone layer means that more UV rays can penetrate the Earth's atmosphere, leading to higher rates of skin cancer and other diseases in humans. In years past, CFCs were primarily found in aerosol products, refrigerators, and dry-cleaning chemicals, according to CNN. When scientists discovered the damage being done to the ozone layer in the 1980s by CFCs, the substances were globally banned under the Montreal Protocol.

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Quote from: "Herman"The UN fixed it just like they are going to stop climate change. ac_toofunny



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In case you needed some good news today, according to a recent United Nations (UN) report, the Earth's ozone layer is healing, and could be totally closed up in the next 30 years. "Actions taken under the Montreal Protocol have led to decreases in the atmospheric abundance of controlled ozone-depleting substances (ODSs) and the start of the recovery of the stratospheric ozone," the report states. Which is a super encouraging example of what's possible when people work together on a global scale for positive change.





CNN reports that these ozone-depleting substances, called chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), were identified more that 30 years ago as the main reason why the Earth's fragile ozone layer was sustaining massive damage. (That's that "hole in the ozone" you keep hearing about.) The ozone layer is a delicate layer of gas that surrounds the planet, and it protects all life forms from potentially damaging ultraviolet (UV) rays from the sun. A damaged ozone layer means that more UV rays can penetrate the Earth's atmosphere, leading to higher rates of skin cancer and other diseases in humans. In years past, CFCs were primarily found in aerosol products, refrigerators, and dry-cleaning chemicals, according to CNN. When scientists discovered the damage being done to the ozone layer in the 1980s by CFCs, the substances were globally banned under the Montreal Protocol.

The ozone hole emergency seems so long ago.

Quote from: "Chuck Bronson"Some of those aerosols/refrigerants may have been a bit 'rough' on the ozone layer, that I can believe possible...  Especially when it was standard practice to just vent it all out into the atmosphere when done with it.



While I often believe that the amount of damage a substance can do to the environment is generally exaggerated, there still must remain some controls and regulations regarding some substances...  Just like we know now that we really shouldn't pour our used engine oil down the drain anymore!  

Quote from: "Herman"The UN fixed it just like they are going to stop climate change. ac_toofunny



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In case you needed some good news today, according to a recent United Nations (UN) report, the Earth's ozone layer is healing, and could be totally closed up in the next 30 years. "Actions taken under the Montreal Protocol have led to decreases in the atmospheric abundance of controlled ozone-depleting substances (ODSs) and the start of the recovery of the stratospheric ozone," the report states. Which is a super encouraging example of what's possible when people work together on a global scale for positive change.





CNN reports that these ozone-depleting substances, called chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), were identified more that 30 years ago as the main reason why the Earth's fragile ozone layer was sustaining massive damage. (That's that "hole in the ozone" you keep hearing about.) The ozone layer is a delicate layer of gas that surrounds the planet, and it protects all life forms from potentially damaging ultraviolet (UV) rays from the sun. A damaged ozone layer means that more UV rays can penetrate the Earth's atmosphere, leading to higher rates of skin cancer and other diseases in humans. In years past, CFCs were primarily found in aerosol products, refrigerators, and dry-cleaning chemicals, according to CNN. When scientists discovered the damage being done to the ozone layer in the 1980s by CFCs, the substances were globally banned under the Montreal Protocol.

Quote from: "JOE"If people are a primary driver of climate change, then its pretty damn obvious there's too many people in this world & the worlds population had grown exponentially and stupidly over the past 50 years. And there's absolutely no excuse for the population explosion nor th environmental damage its caused whethet its cfbs, too much plastic floating in the oceans or climate change supposedly caused by humans. We were warned about the population explosion over 40 years ago & unlike these other environmental crises, nothing was done to curtail it. Plus all the medical technology was in place & available to have prevented it back on the 1970s



Funny how science is so good at solving complex problems but it like cfbs but it diesnt seem to have a viable solution to reduce the over production of babies coming into this world. A clear indicator how human emotion  wins over common sense

Quote from: "iron horse jockey"The thread isn't about climate change or too many brown and black people having too many babies.