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| Hole in ozone layer shrinks ! I blame Bush |
| 2004-10-01 |
| A GAPING hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica appears to have shrunk by about 20 per cent from last year's record-breaking size, scientists said today. Experts in New Zealand said their measurements backed up satellite data showing the hole peaked at about nine million square miles compared with 11 million square miles in 2003. Scientist Stephen Wood said: "We need to see smaller ozone holes over a number of years before we can say for certain that ozone is recovering." presumably long enough to give a Democrat Administration credit, huh? Kyoto who? |
| Posted by:Frank G |
| #3 To add on to what Jonathan is saying. The (atheist liberals promoting selfish agenda) scientists are taking pictures from outer space during an aurora, which would make it look like there is a huge hole in the ozone. The hole in the ozone data, is skeptical at best. Aurora: A luminous atmospheric phenomenon appearing as streamers or bands of light sometimes visible in the night sky in northern or southern regions of the earth. It is thought to be caused by charged particles from the sun entering the earth's magnetic field and stimulating molecules in the atmosphere. |
| Posted by: Poison Reverse 2004-10-01 4:44:29 PM |
| #2 My Dad the retired communications engineer says it's all keyed to sunspot number. We just reached a peak in the number of sunspots (which indicate the amount of energy the sun is putting out, I think) and it'll be a smaller ozone hole -- and colder weather -- for a decade or so now. (Hey, I don't understand it, I just pass it along.) |
| Posted by: Jonathan 2004-10-01 3:28:11 PM |
| #1 Meh, the ozone layer is always in flux, depending on the season. Hard to tell from this article whether they're talking year-to-year averages or not. I'm not inclined to hyperventilate about the ozone hole, but neither am I willing to accept any science news article this terse and uninformative as proof positive of anything. |
| Posted by: Mitch H. 2004-10-01 2:41:32 PM |