Ozone hole three times size of US

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Ozone hole three times size of USFriday 19 September 2003, 1:35 Makka Time, 22:35 GMThttp://english.aljazeera.net/Articles/ScienceTechno/Ozone+hole+reaches+record+proportions.htmThe huge size of the hole in the ozone layer is at a record level measuring28 million square kilometres, according to the World MeterologicalOrganisation.Three times the size of the United States, the ozone hole has continued togrow over the last few weeks and is set to reach a maximum size in lateSeptember.The consequences are likely to be serious and far-reaching.WMO Professor Obasi warned on Wednesday that the most immediate threat tohumankind relate to "increased variability in the intensity and frequency ofstorms . floods and droughts, heat waves in major urban areas and the impactof sea-level rise on low-lying coastal regions".Decade of evidenceOver the last ten years, the number of disasters of hydrometeorologicalorigin has increased significantly, Obasi says.Worldwide, recurrent drought and desertification seriously threaten thelivelihood of over 1.7 billion people who depend on land for most of theirneeds.The 1997/1998 El Niño event, the strongest of the last century, is estimatedto have affected 110 million people and cost the global economy nearly $100billion.InsuranceStatistics compiled from insurance companies for the period 1950-1999 showthat the major natural catastrophes caused estimated economic losses ofnearly $1 trillion.A leading reinsurance company estimates global warming impacts could cost anadditional $300 billion annually by 2050.Worse, the size of the hole has not decreased despite reductions inozone-depleting chemicals.Long-term hopeHowever, measurements show that most of these chemicals are decreasing inthe lower atmosphere and appear to have reached their peak in the criticallyimportant layer in the stratosphere.There is a delay in chemical cleansing the ozone layer, and it is expectedto require years before the stratosphere returns to pre-ozone holeconditions.Complete recovery of the ozone layer will require the enforcement ofinternational agreements for many years to come.********If this email is cut short, changingplanet/messagesYou can help us make a difference. Click here for details:http://changingplanet.supremalex.org/help.htmChanging Planet News - Where Ethics, Science and Spirituality BlendCOLLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS PROJECT: If this email sparked emotions in you, positive or negative, please pray, meditate, visualize or concentrate on the best possible outcome for Humanity and Earth for AT LEAST 10 seconds. On the web at http://changingplanet.supremalex.org

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It wasn't that long ago (sometime in the last 5 years) that there was a big to do about the greatly diminished size of the ozone hole. Was it just a hoax to allow TPTB to relax some of the stringent laws put in place so that they could rape, to reap more massive profits.

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Ozone hole three times size of US

 

Ozone hole three times size of USFriday 19 September 2003, 1:35 Makka Time, 22:35 GMThttp://english.aljazeera.net/Articles/ScienceTechno/Ozone+hole+reaches+record+proportions.htmThe huge size of the hole in the ozone layer is at a record level measuring28 million square kilometres, according to the World MeterologicalOrganisation.Three times the size of the United States, the ozone hole has continued togrow over the last few weeks and is set to reach a maximum size in lateSeptember.The consequences are likely to be serious and far-reaching.WMO Professor Obasi warned on Wednesday that the most immediate threat tohumankind relate to "increased variability in the intensity and frequency ofstorms . floods and droughts, heat waves in major urban areas and the impactof sea-level rise on low-lying coastal regions".Decade of evidenceOver the last ten years, the number of disasters of hydrometeorologicalorigin has increased significantly, Obasi says.Worldwide, recurrent drought and desertification seriously threaten thelivelihood of over 1.7 billion people who depend on land for most of theirneeds.The 1997/1998 El Niño event, the strongest of the last century, is estimatedto have affected 110 million people and cost the global economy nearly $100billion.InsuranceStatistics compiled from insurance companies for the period 1950-1999 showthat the major natural catastrophes caused estimated economic losses ofnearly $1 trillion.A leading reinsurance company estimates global warming impacts could cost anadditional $300 billion annually by 2050.Worse, the size of the hole has not decreased despite reductions inozone-depleting chemicals.Long-term hopeHowever, measurements show that most of these chemicals are decreasing inthe lower atmosphere and appear to have reached their peak in the criticallyimportant layer in the stratosphere.There is a delay in chemical cleansing the ozone layer, and it is expectedto require years before the stratosphere returns to pre-ozone holeconditions.Complete recovery of the ozone layer will require the enforcement ofinternational agreements for many years to come.********If this email is cut short, changingplanet/messagesYou can help us make a difference. Click here for details:http://changingplanet.supremalex.org/help.htmChanging Planet News - Where Ethics, Science and Spirituality BlendCOLLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS PROJECT: If this email sparked emotions in you, positive or negative, please pray, meditate, visualize or concentrate on the best possible outcome for Humanity and Earth for AT LEAST 10 seconds. On the web at http://changingplanet.supremalex.org