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Spawned by strangely cold temperatures, "beautiful" clouds helped strip the Arctic atmosphere of most of its protective ozone this winter, new research shows.
The resulting zone of low-ozone air could drift as far south as New York, according to experts who warn of increased skin-cancer risk.
The stratosphere's global blanket of ozone—about 12 miles (20 kilometers) above Earth—blocks most of the sun's high-frequency ultraviolet (UV) rays from hitting Earth's surface, largely preventing sunburn and skin cancer.
But a continuing high-altitude freeze over the Arctic may have already reduced ozone to half its normal concentrations—and "an end is not in sight," said research leader Markus Rex, a physicist for the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in Bremerhaven, Germany.
Preliminary data from 30 ozone-monitoring stations throughout the Arctic show the degree of ozone loss was larger this winter than ever before, Rex said.
Originally posted by wakeup2change
reply to post by Ophiuchus 13
I agree with you, this development could add to the already unstable earth. Things already seem to be happening at an increasingly faster rate, this could move it along.
Originally posted by wakeup2change
Also, I had a thought while reading this article. What if the nuclear energy plants are the reason for our slow death and the planets? Well, not the whole reason, I know that there are things beyond our atmosphere that are involved, but did "we" unleash the monster? Let me point out "we" as a whole meaning, "we" need to see the thing we have done, or let happen while "we" were sleeping.
Just thoughts from a pondering spirit.
Originally posted by SunLightyear
reply to post by Ophiuchus 13
Very interesting, indeed. I didn't knew that low-ozone air could drift, good to know.
I guess, that low-ozone air is somehow different than the ozone hole over Australia....., as the later does not drift.