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It’s actually much more that the ozone layer, which filters uv, is much thinner than it was even 60-70 years ago. The ozone layer might be growing again, but at
by ricw 1y ago
It’s actually much more that the ozone layer, which filters uv, is much thinner than it was even 60-70 years ago. The ozone layer might be growing again, but at a very slow pace.
Simple fact is, we’re much more exposed to uv than prior generations.
- dgacmu 1y ago"much" more might be overstating it? We get about 6% more UV: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/03/100316142529.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/03/100316142529.h... Which corresponds with the ozone layer being about 5% thinner: https://www.clo.nl/en/indicators/en021819-ozone-layer-1980-2022 https://www.clo.nl/en/indicators/en021819-ozone-layer-1980-2... Not good (or good for us) but also not a huge huge change, since we stopped the thinning of the ozone layer mostly in time.