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The ozone layer is no longer disappearing and could be back to full strength by the middle of this century, UN scientists have confirmed.
The phasing out of nearly 100 substances once used in products like refrigerators and aerosols has stopped the ozone layer being depleted further, although it is not yet increasing, according to a new United Nations report released last week.
And it claimed that international efforts to protect the ozone layer has averted millions of cases of skin cancer worldwide.
Originally posted by unityemissions
What does the natural ozone cycle have to do with the artificial compounds we were dumping into the atmosphere
Do you not remember when the ozone layer was being depleted by all of these cfc's, and how it's slowly been healing itself since they were banned
Originally posted by cg9113
Wait! Its just a conspiracy to take our oxygen away
Yes... and CFCs also react with the sun to form Cl- free radicals, which interrupt the whole cycle to form ClO
Ozone depleting chemicals are also greenhouse gases. The increases in concentrations of these chemicals have produced 0.34 ± 0.03 W/m² of radiative forcing, corresponding to about 14% of the total radiative forcing from increases in the concentrations of well-mixed greenhouse gases.
Originally posted by ANNED
Ozone depleting chemicals are also greenhouse gases. The increases in concentrations of these chemicals have produced 0.34 ± 0.03 W/m² of radiative forcing, corresponding to about 14% of the total radiative forcing from increases in the concentrations of well-mixed greenhouse gases.
Originally posted by ziggy1706
Ive noticed a popular body spray, AXE, the 4 oz aerosol can, the lat ingredient on it, is hydroflurocarbon* istn that also an ozone killer, like chloroflurocarbons>? i mean if it is! its sold and used daily and all over the place!