Sentences with phrase «global ozone hole»

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Not exact matches

Global warming, the ozone hole, overpopulation, starvation and malnutrition, war, unemployment, the destruction of species and the rain forests, pollution of water and air, pesticide and herbicide poisoning, errors in genetic engineering, erosion of topsoil, overfishing, anarchy and crime, the possibility of a nuclear mishap, chemical warfare or all - out nuclear war: together, or in some cases singly, these dangers threaten to «catch us unexpectedly, like a trap.»

But when current growth leads to growing ozone holes, progressive global warming, the exhaustion of soils, and the disappearance of wetlands and fisheries, costs are being imposed on the future.

By the late 1980s it became clear that global atmospheric pollution causing both the greenhouse effect and the hole in the ozone layer had become critical threats to life on earth (Henderson - Sellers & Blong 1989).

«There are ways that this approach could increase global ozone but at the same time, because of the climate dynamics in the polar regions, increase the ozone hole.»

Similar scandals erupted over the effects of scores of industrial applications, ranging from sulfur dioxide and acid rain, to certain aerosols and the hole in the ozone layer, to leaded gas and cognitive impairment, to the granddaddy of them all, fossil fuels and global climate change.

The Montreal Protocol aimed to fix the ozone hole but it also delayed global warming.

Confusingly, it appears that one human impact on the climate — the Antarctic ozone hole — is currently compensating for another, global warming.

Global warming of the lower atmosphere may encourage the growth of an Arctic «ozone hole».

But the world population is growing fast, and the rice fields needed to feed it emit so - called hydrocarbons, which are partly responsible for global warming and expanding the ozone hole.

a) How will the recovering ozone hole and rising greenhouse - gas concentrations affect regional and global atmospheric circulation and climate?

There are ways that this approach could increase global ozone but at the same time, because of the climate dynamics in the polar regions, increase the ozone hole,» Keith said.

Hence the successful global effort to stop the manmade ozone hole from endangering life on the planet.

But whereas dealing with the ozone hole required a simple and inexpensive chemical substitute, global warming demands a totally different way of producing energy.

Global Warming, Ozone Holes, and Magnetic Poles «An Investigation Reexamining Brewer - Dobson Ozone Theory to Uncover the Atmospheric Role of Paramagnetic Oxygen in Recent Extreme Weather Patterns and Global Climate Change» by Harry Todd

Global warming is widely viewed at the policy level as a pollution problem like acid rain, smog, or the ozone hole.

Subsequent work indicated that the polar ozone hole (starting in the early 80s) was having an effect on polar winds and temperature patterns (Thompson and Solomon, 2002; Shindell and Schmidt, 2004), showing clearly that regional climate changes can sometimes be decoupled from the global picture.

Later he formed the George C. Marshall Institute which did the same for global warming and acid rain and the ozone hole.

We have gone through this before: the acid rain used to be a big problem, then the ozone hole took over and Freon is no longer used for refrigeration which costs you dearly, and now finally we have global warming to worry about.

Indeed, according to many surveys, the ozone hole still resonates in the popular imagination — incorrectly — as a cause of global warming simply because it is so memorable and has something to do with the changing atmosphere.

The ozone hole opened the world's eyes to the global effects of human activity on the atmosphere.

Like global warming is now the ozone hoax was a black hole manufactured by Leftists, into which the productive class were supposed to shovel their hard - earned wages into so schoolteachers can save the world from Americans who like to take a hot shower before driving to work.

More than 100 countries have signed on the decrease in global ozone signaled by the ozone hole has been arrested by the regulatory steps which have stopped the growth in atmospheric abundance of many ozone depletion substances.

The hole in the ozone layer is a totally different problem than global warming.

(Is it too soon to bring back the ozone hole, China syndrome, acid rain, or global cooling?)

Remarkably, the same individuals surface repeatedly - some of the same figures who have claimed that the science of global warming is «not settled» denied the truth of studies linking smoking to lung cancer, coal smoke to acid rain, and CFCs to the ozone hole.

In this latest study, Marshall and his colleagues report that global warming - and manmade hole in the ozone layer - has changed Antarctic weather patterns.

When life on Earth ends, however, no one will know what caused it — the cause could have been ANY of the MANY environmental threats we were told were going to end life on Earth as we knew it, starting in the 1960s with DDT... then other pesticides, acid rain, hole in the ozone layer, global warming, global cooling, climate change, etc..

When scientists discovered a huge and growing hole in the earth's ozone layer, Canadian researchers and bureaucrats were so central to the response that the ensuing global ban in the manufacture of ozone - depleting chemicals would be named the Montreal Protocol.

Meanwhile, «large majorities incorrectly think that the hole in the ozone layer and aerosol spray cans contribute to global warming, leading many to incorrectly conclude that banning aerosol spray cans or stopping rockets from punching holes in the ozone layer are viable solutions.»

The scientific goal is to determine and interpret trends in global stratospheric ozone, the Antarctic ozone hole, and global atmospheric ozone depleting substances; to investigate these trends for signs of recovery of the ozone layer and evaluate implications for climate change; and to study the efficacy of newly proposed substitutes for currently used ozone - depleting substances.

It sounds to the outsider as though it is very important to you guys to say that the addition of ice in Antarctica is NOT due to global warming, a separate issue related to Ozone (are humans responsible for the Ozone hole?).

Reading the Wikipedia article yesterday, it seems that the ozone «hole», as opposed to the global gradual decline, was found at a politically convenient time.

Interestingly, recent studies have shown that the size of the ozone hole affects the global temperature.

Overpopulation, acid rain, DDT, pesticides, MMR vaccination, power lines, mobile phone masts, GM crops, the ozone hole, plastic bags, obesity, nuclear waste, oil spills, deforestation, global cooling, etc. etc. ad nauseam.

So even though environmentally friendly laws have successfully reversed the trend of ozone depletion, the lingering effects of aerosol use, and the link between the ozone hole and global warming, virtually ensure that this problem will persist until the end of the century.

Whether it's global warming, cooling, the ozone hole, acid rain, or any of the other myriad climate doomsday predictions (which NEVER come true) the proposed «solution» is always the same: More money and more power for politicians, and higher taxes and less freedom for ordinary people.

In 2010, the Yale Project on Climate Change released a study claiming that «less than half of Americans (45 percent) understand that carbon dioxide traps heat near the Earth's surface, and a majority think that the hole in the ozone layer contributes to global warming.»

This accessible book presents in clear, jargon - free language the science of global change, including human - induced climate change, the ozone hole, acid rain, and air pollution.

6 Ice age — time in the past when continental glaciers covered large parts of Earth's surface Global warming — a gradual increase in the temperature of Earth's atmosphere Greenhouse gas — Gases in the atmosphere, such as carbon dioxide, that trap solar energy Ozone hole — a large area of reduced ozone concentration in the stratosphere, found over Antarctica Chlorofluorocarbon — chlorine compounds that are the main cause of ozone depletion KEY Ozone hole — a large area of reduced ozone concentration in the stratosphere, found over Antarctica Chlorofluorocarbon — chlorine compounds that are the main cause of ozone depletion KEY ozone concentration in the stratosphere, found over Antarctica Chlorofluorocarbon — chlorine compounds that are the main cause of ozone depletion KEY ozone depletion KEY TERMS

My understanding was that CFC's were banned primarily due to their effect on the ozone hole, while the coming ban on HCFC's is predicated mostly upon their global warming potential.

It described trends such as the growing hole in the ozone layer, pollution and depletion of freshwater sources, overfishing, deforestation, plummeting wildlife populations, as well as unsustainable rises in greenhouse gas emissions, global temperatures and human population levels.

The theory is that the Ozone Hole, by allowing more of the UV component of the Sun's incoming radiation to make it down to low altitude rather than being absorbed in the stratosphere is providing an incremental energy increase to drive the strength of the SAM, and thus the degree to which Antarctica is isolated from more global weather influences.

It was the result of the combination of Antarctica's ozone hole and continued global warming, affecting the movement of westerly winds that prevail in the Antarctic Ocean.

In fact, when asked to name problems facing the nation, Americans would think of pollution of drinking water, the ozone hole, or the destruction of tropical forests ahead of global warming.

Many policymakers view the problem of global warming as a pollution problem, similar to acid rain, smog, or the ozone hole.

But whereas addressing the ozone hole required a simple and inexpensive chemical substitute, global warming demands a totally different way of producing energy.

DDT imposed enormous costs through the destruction of ecosystems; acid rain, secondhand smoke, the ozone hole, and global warming did the same.

Those factors include stronger winds (which drag warmer water to the surface), human - caused global warming, natural variance and possibly the hole in our ozone layer.

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1994 (or 95) 25 pages on DDT, with sections on Alar, Love Canal, the ozone hole, global warming & acid rain.