2006-09-23 12:15:16 · 10 answers · asked by I-C-U 5 in News & Events ➔ Current Events
Well, I'd have to ask a clarifying question first ...
What do you mean by "fixed"? If you mean, "Can we return it to some pristine, original mint condition?", then the next thing we have to determine is what that pristine mint condition is. Since ozone layer thickness has been changing constantly since well before humans arrived on the scene, and since the periodic thinning of the ozone layer over Antarctica seems connected in large part to certain storm seasons, I'm not really sure what that default setting would be.
Perhaps what you mean is this: "How should we reengineer the ozone layer so that it suits our needs, regardless of whether the result is natural?"
And now you protest: "No," you say, "that's not what I meant at all!" But the sad fact is that my alternative means precisely the same thing as your original question -- it just lays its cards out on the table more honestly. The original question is, after all, talking about making deliberate changes to the environment, without any real concern over its natural state (which, if it were in a natural state, would be changing constantly, and thus never "fixed").
In short, you have a lot of questions to answer before you ever get around to "how" we'll do such a thing.
2006-09-23 12:27:54 · answer #1 · answered by Graythebruce 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Okay, basic science here.
Ozone is created by ultra violet light.
During the winter in the Antarctica, there is no sunlight, so, no UV.
Conclusion: no UV = no ozone.
Hole get bigger during winter and smaller during the summer there.
Can't fix what isn't broke.
2006-09-23 12:26:44 · answer #2 · answered by rikv77 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The first thing we need to do is locate the problems that cause depletion of the ozone. Then we need to encourage the leaders of the world to help solve the problems. Even if your Dad helped you to become the leader of a country from making money on one of the problems.
2006-09-23 12:24:48 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
More carpooling. Less hairspray products. Keep the windows rolled up when using the Air Conditioning.
2006-09-23 12:24:14 · answer #4 · answered by Link of Hyrule 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think it is fixable. We must stop whatever it is that is going to make it worse. Emissions are the worse. You figure it out, walk and take a bike. It will come to that anyway sooner or later.
2006-09-23 12:32:24 · answer #5 · answered by shardf 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Reduce reuse recycle
2006-09-23 12:17:28 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Duct tape fixes everything.
2006-09-23 12:16:53 · answer #7 · answered by T. 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We can neither fix it or destroy it. If you believe otherwise, you have been taken in.
2006-09-23 12:16:40 · answer #8 · answered by Random Precision 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
sow a patch in the sky.
2006-09-23 12:16:32 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
*squints* I don't see anything.
2006-09-23 12:22:40 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋