Unprecedented And Massive Ozone Loss in the Arctic Atmosphere!

The high atmosphere over the Arctic lost an unprecedented amount of its protective ozone earlier this year, so much that conditions echoed the infamous ozone hole that forms annually over the opposite side of the planet, the Antarctic, scientists say.

"For the first time, sufficient loss occurred to reasonably be described as an Arctic ozone hole," write researchers in an article released online Sunday by the journal Nature. Some degree of ozone loss above the Arctic, and the formation of the Antarctic ozone hole, are annual events during the poles' respective winters. They are driven by a combination of cold temperatures and lingering ozone-depleting pollutants. The reactions that convert less reactive chemicals into ozone-destroying ones take place within what is known as the polar vortex, an atmospheric circulation pattern created by the rotation of Earth and by cold temperatures. This past winter and spring saw an unusually strong polar vortex and an unusually long cold period.

This year's record vortex persisted over the Arctic from December to the end of March, and the cold temperatures extended down to a remarkably low altitude, the researchers write. At altitudes of about 11 to 12 miles (18 to 20 kilometers), more than 80 percent of the ozone present in January had been chemically destroyed by late March. The same dynamics create the infamous ozone hole over Antarctica. But above the South Pole, ozone is essentially completely removed from the lower stratosphere ever year. Above the North Pole, however, ozone loss is highly variable and has, until now, been much more limited, according to an international research team led by Gloria Manney of the California Institute of Technology. Countries agreed to end their production of the substances ultimately responsible for destruction of the ozone in 1987 with the Montreal Protocol. However, these pollutants, including chlorofluorocarbons, still linger in the atmosphere.

MONUMENTAL EARTH CHANGES: Researchers Report Finds Shocking, Unprecedented And Massive Ozone Loss in the Arctic Atmosphere?! http://thealienproject.blogspot.com/2011/10/monumental-earth-changes-research...

NASA's Cryosphere Program Manager, Tom Wagner, shared his perspectives on the ice with television audiences across the country.

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[MyPaddyp]

Nice job, this video explains a lot, I would say all the results are caused by this!

[8701deadmeat]

This guy is a tool. ha ha wow

[TheModerator79]

@whackitov so...what did you say your purpose in life was other than being good asswipe?

[mcwolfus]

@whackitov Take your rantings and write a letter to the establishments who phased out ozone depleting gasses in the 90s, and tell them whatever.

Then go to a conspiracy site, this isnt one incase you hadnt noticed.

[whackitov]

@mcwolfus mate you are the one who cannot get their grey matter together enough to form a coherent sentence, and you have the gall to suggest IM a pothead?? you are the one buying bullshit science, not I, do you not realise that since the 30's science has become much less about science, and more about finding the answer that those funding the research want to hear? its hardly conducive to a world of facts, but more geared to "we'll confirm whatever you want if the price is right" TWP!

[mcwolfus]

@whackitov >>>>Countries agreed to end their production of the substances ultimately responsible for destruction of the ozone in 1987 with the Montreal Protocol. However, these pollutants, including chlorofluorocarbons, still linger in the atmosphere<<<<

Why dont you fuck off to a conspiracy or a cannabis growing site.

[whackitov]

@mcwolfus i will repeat just once more for your benefit as you are obviously cranially challenged, the above video write up states "conditions echoed the infamous **>>>>>ozone hole that forms annually<<<<<<<<<** over the opposite side of the planet, the Antarctic scientists say". ive highlighted the part you are obviously having difficulty with so that you cant possibly miss it, it says the hole forms annually, which means it happens every year, a hole, thats me done with you.

[mcwolfus]

@whackitov The ozone layer damage is manmade, nothing to do with panic or east fucking enders, just a fact. Mans produced and released gasses over decades which punched a hole in a thin protective layer.

If you cant get your head round that fact, you must be stoned/stupid/ill, or a troll.

[whackitov]

@TheModerator79 failed

[whackitov]

@TheModerator79 lol! i can quote as much science as i want and you will STILL not accept it....... thank you for admitting that you are a mindless twunt incapable of independent thought and powers of reason....it is funny how historically co2 levels have fluctuated, co2 fluctuates seasonally, yet the ipcc comes along with the 'creasing iron of global warming' and you buy it hook line and sinker....you are a waste of words