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Antarctic Ozone Hole Shrinks 30 Percent
polar red sends us news of a story that many outlets have picked up from a European Space Agency press release: the Antarctic ozone hole is 30% smaller than it was during the previous record year. It's still about the size of North America. "Scientists say this year's smaller hole... is due to natural variations in temperature and atmospheric dynamics... and is not indicative of a long-term trend. 'Although the hole is somewhat smaller than usual, we cannot conclude from this that the ozone layer is recovering already,' [one researcher said]."
Yeah and freaking out about the ozone is gonna help it, they could do something, oh like some places make hairspray cans less damaging, but people that say "the ozone is getting better, but still be crazy worried and ashamed for existing." Are stupid and a tool of the media. Pull your nuts out of the Mass Media vice!
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"What's truly sad is when it's considered "embarrasing" to be overprotective of the only Earth we have when it comes to extremely complex environment analysis, and when it's somehow wrong to err on the safe side."
What's really sad is turning "jumping to conclusions" into "erring on the safe side". What happens if the actions that you deem "overprotective" are actually detrimental in the long run?
There's no way you or anyone else can know that, so claiming it's "erring on the safe side" is completely disingenuous.
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That's right we're tired of it, move on with your life.
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