RAMROD 117,267 Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 The ozone layer is showing signs of continuing recovery from man-made damage and is likely to heal fully by 2060, new evidence shows. The measures taken to repair the damage will also have an important beneficial effect on climate change, as some of the gases that caused the ozone layer to thin and in places disappear also contribute to warming the atmosphere. Phasing them out could avoid as much as 0.5C (0.9F) of warming this century. Recovery from the holes and thinning caused by aerosol chemicals has progressed at a rate of about 1% to 3% a decade since 2000, meaning the ozone layer over the northern hemisphere and mid-latitudes should heal completely by the 2030s, if current rates are sustained. Over the southern hemisphere and in the more problematic polar regions, recovery will take longer, until the middle of this century in the former and about 2060 in the latter case. Ozone in the upper layers of the atmosphere protects the earth’s surface from most of the harmful ultraviolet rays from the sun. Without it, skin and eye damage can occur, and evidence suggests a rise in skin cancers associated with the thinning of the ozone layer. Source: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/nov/05/ozone-layer-healing-after-aerosols-un-northern-hemisphere Let's keep it up, famz! #ProtectEarth (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ✧*:･ﾟ ᶠʳᵒⁿᵗ ᵗᵒʷᵃʳᵈ ᵉⁿᵉᵐʸ (*´艸｀*) ♡♡♡ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stef 61,674 Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 When people say “what’s one single plastic straw gonna do?” Signature loading… 👹🖤 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAMROD 117,267 Posted July 1, 2019 Author Share Posted July 1, 2019 1 minute ago, Stef said: When people say “what’s one single plastic straw gonna do?” Find me their address, I'll pay a visit (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ✧*:･ﾟ ᶠʳᵒⁿᵗ ᵗᵒʷᵃʳᵈ ᵉⁿᵉᵐʸ (*´艸｀*) ♡♡♡ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quartz 12,763 Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 This made me smile. Thanks for the great news, I needed it. Inside, we are really made the same. 🕊 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloody g 31,746 Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 I'm about to cry this is the best news I've read this century Edit: these are* 『𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐝』 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Velvet 10,988 Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 10 minutes ago, Bloody Grammys said: I'm about to cry this is the best news I've read this century Edit: these are* Same! We can both cry together! I'm like some kind of supernova Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delusional Aura 5,129 Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 33 minutes ago, Bloody Grammys said: I'm about to cry this is the best news I've read this century Edit: these are* 22 minutes ago, Plastique Tiara said: Same! We can both cry together! This news has been out since like 2013. Where you environmentalists have been hiding? Under a tree? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSUNAMI 21,297 Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 We have a long way to go! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdmistTheLight 2,269 Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 I'm smiling, thank you for posting this Liberaté mi amor Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Pacify Him 9,073 Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 Ugh we all know who to thank for this I’m getting on your nerves Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
VOLANTIS 16,504 Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 Talent is slowly but surely winning I'll lift you 3 inches off the ground and drag you to a meter and a half Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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