I suppose it is the law of unintended consequences and cosmic karma when one good deed does in the propaganda:
"Scientists say ozone layer is recovering" by Seth Borenstein | Associated Press September 11, 2014
WASHINGTON — Earth’s protective ozone layer is beginning to recover, largely because of the phase-out since the 1980s of certain chemicals used in refrigerants and aerosol cans, a UN scientific panel reported Wednesday in a rare piece of good news about the health of the planet.
Scientists said the development demonstrates that when the world comes together, it can counteract a brewing ecological crisis.
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Paradoxically, heat-trapping greenhouse gases — considered the major cause of global warming — are also helping to rebuild the ozone layer, Newman said. The report said rising levels of carbon dioxide and other gases cool the upper stratosphere, and the cooler air increases the amount of ozone.
In another worrisome trend, the chemicals that replaced CFCs contribute to global warming and are on the rise, said MIT atmospheric scientist Susan Solomon.
I can't even get a gulp of air for all the fear-mongering when it';s a cool, cool fall day here.
At the moment, they do not make much of a dent, but they are expected to increase sharply by 2050 and make ‘‘a big contribution’’ to global warming.
They are ga$ping for "air."
The ozone layer is still far from healed.
So much for good news.
The long-lasting, ozone-eating chemicals still lingering in the atmosphere create a yearly fall ozone hole above the extreme Southern Hemisphere, and the hole has not closed up. Also, the ozone layer is still about 6 percent thinner than in 1980, by Newman’s calculations.
Ozone levels are ‘‘on the upswing, but it’s not there yet,’’ he said.
Achim Steiner, executive director of the UN Environment Program, said there are encouraging signs that the ozone layer ‘‘is on track to recovery by the middle of this century.’’
Steiner called the effort to get rid of ozone-destroying substances ‘‘one of the great success stories of international collective action in addressing a global environmental change phenomenon.’’
I love it! Declare victory and go get warm!
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Paul Wapner, a professor of global environmental politics at American University, said the findings are ‘‘good news in an often dark landscape’’ and send a message of hope to world leaders meeting later this month in New York for a UN climate summit.
Oh, I see; this was all more propaganda ahead of the agenda-pu$hing $ummit.
‘‘The precedent is truly important because society is facing another serious global environmental problem, namely climate change,’’ said Molina, a professor in San Diego and Mexico City. The 71-year-old scientist said he did not think he would live to see the day that the ozone layer was rebuilding.
Earlier this week, the United Nations announced that atmospheric levels of the main greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide, surged to another record high in 2013.
Pffft!
Must be too many wars being waged by EUSrael as Kerry jets around the Globe.
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Related:
Researchers find harmful ozone in Colorado mountains
UN says CO2 pollution levels at annual record high
I will make this quick: pfffft
And yet we are pffft getting colder than ever winters and pfffft short if non-existent summers now.
Related: Canada finds 1 of 2 explorer ships lost in Arctic
Northwest Passage that never opened.
Also see: Canada awards $9.6m in contracts to iRobot
War on terror stuff.
NEXT DAY UPDATE:
"US persuades firms to cut gases used in air conditioning" by Coral Davenport | New York Times September 17, 2014
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration announced a series of moves on Tuesday aimed at cutting emissions of hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs, powerful greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change and replace them with climate-friendly alternatives.
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The announcement came a week before President Obama is expected to join more than 100 other world leaders at a UN climate change summit in New York, which will begin 15 months of negotiations as leaders work toward a global climate change agreement in Paris next year.
The primary focus of that deal will be a push for enactment of new laws around the world aimed at cutting emissions of carbon dioxide, the abundant planet-warming gas caused by burning fossil fuels such as oil and coal.
Negotiators anticipate it will take a grueling battle to achieve such an agreement, which would require the world’s largest economies — including the United States, China, and India — to greatly cut their use of coal and oil.
Related: Markey to ask Congress to suspend coal sales
Also see: Obama Coal Kochs Colorado Environmentalists
$3b plan promises more natural gas in New England
The pipeline will be coming through my county for export.
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While HFCs are less abundant in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide, they have 10,000 times the planet-warming potency. But carbon dioxide lingers in the atmosphere for centuries, while HFCs disintegrate after about 15 years.
“Every drumbeat in this symphony helps. It drives it along. This is part of that drumbeat,” said Durwood Zaelke, president of the Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development, a research organization.
Agenda-pu$hing thumping divorced from the daily forecasts that fly in their face.
“The benefits from cutting non-CO2 come much faster,” he added. “CO2 is like a supertanker — you can stop it, but it keeps drifting for a long time. Cutting HFCs are like stopping a steamboat. You stop it and that’s that.”
Hydrofluorocarbons were once considered an environmentally responsible alternative to Freon, which was known to deplete the earth’s ozone layer....
But now? It's actually helped cool the place judging by the article from last week, so WTF?
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I hope you will understand why I will not be covering much of the gaseous spew from down there.
