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Bring up the fact that it's going to take decades for the ozone layer to reach its previous levels. We still have to worry about the ozone layer, it leads to h
by heavyset_go 4y ago
Bring up the fact that it's going to take decades for the ozone layer to reach its previous levels.
We still have to worry about the ozone layer, it leads to higher rates of skin and eye disease, including cancers, it can have deleterious effects on plants, phytoplankton and fish, and it can accelerate the breakdown of different materials[1].
Increased radiation reaching the surface of the Earth has a ton of effects on humans that are pretty awful[2].
[1] https://www.epa.gov/ozone-layer-protection/health-and-environmental-effects-ozone-layer-depletion https://www.epa.gov/ozone-layer-protection/health-and-enviro...
[2] https://www.epa.gov/sunsafety/health-effects-uv-radiation https://www.epa.gov/sunsafety/health-effects-uv-radiation
- ForOldHack 4y agoDecades? Dr Drew Schndell, PhD @ GEOS said 159 years, not 20.
- heavyset_go 4y agoThose are decades, as well. I did not imply that it would be a short time frame, it was just a unit I chose.