Ozone Layer Improving Faster Than Expected

SpaceAdmiral writes "Since the implementation of the Montreal Protocol, which limited ozone-destroying gasses like CFCs, the Earth's ozone layer has been recovering. However, new studies show that the ozone in the lower stratosphere is actually recovering faster than the Montreal Protocol alone can explain." From the article: "It's a complicated question. CFCs are not the only things that can influence the ozone layer; sunspots, volcanoes and weather also play a role. Ultraviolet rays from sunspots boost the ozone layer, while sulfurous gases emitted by some volcanoes can weaken it. Cold air in the stratosphere can either weaken or boost the ozone layer, depending on altitude and latitude. These processes and others are laid out in a review just published in the May 4th issue of Nature: 'The search for signs of recovery of the ozone layer' by Elizabeth Westhead and Signe Andersen."

Thanks HP

[Uukrul]

That's because HP printers have Ozone Emissions [hp.com]. Thanks HP for saving the World.

Does this mean

[Zane Hopkins]

that geeks have lost their only excuse for not using deodorant ?

Re:Unexplained phenomenons

[letto]

Exactly.
But why do these guys try to "heal" the ozone layer? Didn't they see "The Matrix" or Highlander III. If these guys knew shit they would destroy the ozon layer and build a black cloud around the world.

Then surrounded by thick smoke , gases and eating toxic food we will find ourselves in a medium in wich we would really evolve. Maby even in some MutantX kind of way!?

Well, all those people who have nothing better to do than mindlessly walk around in the open all day as if the sun was there to shine on they're asses wouldn't be too happy about it. But this wouldn't be a problem for us slashdotters who sit in front of the computer wouldn't it??

Re:science wrong so science wins

[sahrss]

Oops mis-clicked my mod on you as Redundant when I wanted Insightful...hopefully this post clears the mod and I get modded down for being dumb.

Photocopier Fumes

[celardore]

Apparently the fumes given off by photocopiers are Ozone. I'm doing my bit for the enviroment by copying documents at work unnessecarily.

My boss says it's a waste of time and money though. He doesn't give a shit about the enviroment I guess.

Re:Unexplained phenomenons

[Bacon Bits]

Actually, it has been mainly thoguh the No Atmospheric Layer Left Behind program that the Ozone Layer has improved as rapidly as it has.

Al Gore is going to be pissed!

[toupsie]

Can this guy ever get a break? He just released a movie called An Inconvenient Truth [climatecrisis.net] telling us that the sky was falling. Now we learn its staying right where it has always been all along even with Chimpy McHaliburton in charge. My God, the next thing you will read is that the ice is getting thicker in Antarctica and Greenland [bbc.co.uk].

Re:Global warming

[Anonymous Coward]

You, Sir, are a tool.

Mr. Crichton, last I checked, is a writer of fiction. What other parts of your beliefs are dictated by fiction instead of reality? Are you a Jedi knight or a Level 50 Wizard? We're all really impressed.

Prominent scientists have offered wagers on the part of human activity in global warming. No one is willing to take these wagers, of course. Because the climate change deniers are all lying bags of sh1t, of course. They understand that human activity is playing an important part in the problem, but for political or greedy economic reasons want stupid sheep like yourself to believe the lie.

Re:This brought to you by...

[tie_guy_matt]

God? Everyone knows it is really the Flying Spaghetti Monster that controls these things. If we would just increase the number of pirates in the world (http://www.venganza.org/) then global warming would reverse!