Saigon
Gold Member
At last - a good news story on the environment!
Thanks to the ban on CFCs in aerosols - which I imagine many posters here ridiculed and opposed - the hole in ozone layer is getting smaller. By 2050, the hole should be gone altogether.
A University of Canterbury atmospheric researcher this week revealed that New Zealand's ozone hole - responsible for a 14 per cent jump in melanoma over the past decade - is shrinking for the first time in 30 years.
"Ozone levels above Antarctica are projected to return to 1980 levels - previous to the ozone hole - after 2050," said Dr Adrian McDonald.
NZ scientists' role in CFC ban profound, says environmental body - National - NZ Herald News
Thanks to the ban on CFCs in aerosols - which I imagine many posters here ridiculed and opposed - the hole in ozone layer is getting smaller. By 2050, the hole should be gone altogether.
A University of Canterbury atmospheric researcher this week revealed that New Zealand's ozone hole - responsible for a 14 per cent jump in melanoma over the past decade - is shrinking for the first time in 30 years.
"Ozone levels above Antarctica are projected to return to 1980 levels - previous to the ozone hole - after 2050," said Dr Adrian McDonald.
NZ scientists' role in CFC ban profound, says environmental body - National - NZ Herald News