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Scientists have observed the opening up of a rare hole in the ozone layer above the Arctic. They attribute it to the unusually low temperatures in the atmosphere above the North Pole.
Scientists from the German Aerospace Center (DLR) found out about this ozone depletion using data from the Copernicus Sentinel–5P satellite.
The Copernicus programme is a collaboration between the European Space Agency, the European Commission, and other stakeholders.
"The ozone hole we observed over the Arctic this year has a maximum extension of less than 1 million sq. km. This is small compared to the Antarctic hole, which can reach a size of around 20 to 25 million sq. km with a normal duration of around three to four months," said Diego Loyola of the German Aerospace Center.
The Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service(CAMS) says that the last time a similar depletion of the ozone layer was observed over the Arctic was in spring 2011.
CAMS reveals that the depletion in 2020 seems to be stronger than the previous one.The reports assert that while the development of ozone holes over the Antarctic every year during the Austral spring is a common phenomenon, such strong ozone depletion is not normally found in the Northern Hemisphere.
(Score: 0, Troll) by PiMuNu on Friday April 10 2020, @12:46PM (9 children)
I don't get how these so-called scientists can keep claiming they understand the Ozone layer when time and again they observe events that can't be explained by their models. Years of reduction in CFCs and what do we have to show for it? Yet I bet those same scientists are getting fatter grant payouts as a result.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Friday April 10 2020, @02:54PM (1 child)
China feels the heat over rogue CFC emissions [nature.com]
As is usual, China is doing its best to fuck over the entire planet.
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(Score: 5, Insightful) by Thexalon on Friday April 10 2020, @03:10PM
To be fair, between the Chinese, Russians, and USA, they're all pretty horrendous, because all of them have aspirations of world domination.
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a compiler is a good guy with a compiler.
(Score: 3, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 10 2020, @04:51PM
It is a really weird trend that hard science == money grubbing grant trolls, while wild conspiracy theories and research paid for by oil companies == truth.
(Score: 2) by PiMuNu on Friday April 10 2020, @05:21PM (2 children)
Forgot to include the sarcasm tags again...
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 10 2020, @05:47PM
That explains that. We know enough about the ozone layer that we've been able to largely repair it. There's been a general trend towards the holes closing up as the chemical emissions that punched the hole have largely disappeared.
That being said, China needs to get its shit together and find the people emitting those CFCs into the air before we lose the moment we've had. It's amazing how much progress we were able to make when people were willing to work together.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 10 2020, @08:25PM
I did the same with a comment elsewhere, figured it was over the top enough to be understood as sarcasm but looks like no.
I usually add a /s or <sarcasm> but sometimes it is neat to try and pull it off with just the words.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 10 2020, @07:01PM
someone was probably playing the devil's harp again!
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(Score: 2) by quietus on Saturday April 11 2020, @01:46PM (1 child)
Ever read a newspaper article about the line of work you're in? Why do you expect any better quality in reporting for science?
Most of media today, and historically, is an emotion machine. Emotions do not thrive on nuanced qualifiers or probability estimates; for science, however, they're core.
(Score: 2) by PiMuNu on Monday April 13 2020, @08:23AM
I was being sarcastic...
ps: I am a scientist.