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Comment on CFCs
dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months ago
Turns out, that the hole in the ozone layer didn’t get repaired. In fact, it’s larger than it’s ever been and above the Antarctic. Antarctica is currently experiencing a mass die-off of animals.
Aleric@lemmy.world 8 months ago
dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months ago
Here you go: earthobservatory.nasa.gov/world-of-change/Ozone
cobra89@beehaw.org 8 months ago
We definitely did something. It just would have been a lot worse if we didn’t. In fact so bad that BBC says the planet would have been “uninhabitable.”
According to some models, the Montreal Protocol and its amendments have helped prevent up to two million cases of skin cancer yearly and avoided millions of cataract cases worldwide.
Had the world not banned CFCs, we would now find ourselves nearing massive ozone depletion. “By 2050, it’s pretty well-established we would have had ozone hole-like conditions over the whole planet, and the planet would have become uninhabitable,” says Solomon.
Theharpyeagle@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Is this true? An article from 2022 indicates things are getting better, just slowly
bbc.com/…/20220321-what-happened-to-the-worlds-oz…
SoleInvictus@lemmy.world 8 months ago
It’s not. I’m guessing they did a Google search, looked at a few misleading article titles, and then decided they were a scientist.
On average, the hole has been shrinking, but 2023’s hole was the 12th biggest on record. The eruption of Hunga-Tonga was thought to be the main factor.