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Antarctic Ozone Hole Shrinks 30 Percent

Posted by kdawson on from the but-don't-spray-cfc's-in-celebration dept.

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]."

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  1. Re:Tell me something... by smittyoneeach · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Because the Priests of the Temples of Syrinx maintain their nice, contented world by burying the lumpen proletariat in guilt, fear, and shame.
    Salute your Templar Overlords, sheeply scum.
    Freedom was overrated, anyway.

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    Get thee glass eyes, and, like a scurvy politician, seem to see things thou dost not.--King Lear
  2. Re:summary... by polar+red · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Sure, but it doesn't match the propaganda. Maybe the environmentalists have to exaggerate to even get heard? . It comes with the times I guess: a complex picture with a lot of statistics and figures isn't sexy ...
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    Yes, I'm left. You have a problem with that?