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It goes "large again" every year with the seasons, but the overall trend is that it's still shrinking: Claus concludes, “Based on the Montreal Protocol and the
by resolutebat 3y ago
It goes "large again" every year with the seasons, but the overall trend is that it's still shrinking:
Claus concludes, “Based on the Montreal Protocol and the decrease of anthropogenic ozone-depleting substances, scientists currently predict that the global ozone layer will reach its normal state again by around 2050.”
- arrowsmith 3y agoImagine if we'd invented CFCs but hadn't invented a way to monitor atmospheric O3 levels. We'd have burned the entire ozone layer away before we even realised that anything was wrong.
- makeworld 3y agoI wonder if we are currently not monitoring something similar that we should be.
- arrowsmith 3y agoMe too, but I'm far more concerned about the looming catastrophic problems that we are monitoring.