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Severe Arctic Ozone Loss
iONiUM writes
"The BBC reports that 'Ozone loss over the Arctic this year was so severe that for the first time it could be called an "ozone hole" like the Antarctic one, scientists report. About 20km (13 miles) above the ground, 80% of the ozone was lost, they say. The cause was an unusually long spell of cold weather at altitude. In cold conditions, the chlorine chemicals that destroy ozone are at their most active.' This is the first time in observational history that the Arctic ozone has been depleted to such extensive levels (abstract). This will mean high UV problems for Russia, Greenland and Norway."
But that has nothing to do with carbon. We can deal with only one problem at a time. And Carbon won by popular vote.
How much are you willing to bet that this will be used to try to debunk global warming because there is an area that has colder then average weather.
I tried to explain a normal curve of weather chances and that Global warming has shifted it, it doesn't work. So on a year that is above average they go in panic mode, if it is below average then they figure it is just a myth.
If something is so important that you feel the need to post it on the internet... It probably isn't that important.