80s Ozone
Nope, Ozone is not the name of an 80s band, though, hey that’s kind of catchy. I’m talking about that thing up there in the sky that is suppose to protect us from UV rays and other bad things.
With all the news full of Al Gore and gobal warming, I thought this article on how the ozone is snapping back to it’s 1980s shape might be a nice thing to hear for a change:
Today, almost 20 years later, reports continue of large ozone holes opening over Antarctica, allowing dangerous UV rays through to Earth’s surface. Indeed, the 2005 ozone hole was one of the biggest ever, spanning 24 million sq km in area, nearly the size of North America.Listening to this news, you might suppose that little progress has been made. You’d be wrong.
While the ozone hole over Antarctica continues to open wide, the ozone layer around the rest of the planet seems to be on the mend. For the last 9 years, worldwide ozone has remained roughly constant, halting the decline first noticed in the 1980s.