Global Warming?

Question

With the issue concerning global warming, does the ozone get thinner or thicker in size?

Answer 1

Actually the temperature of the earth has increased less than 7/10 of 1 degree (C) from 1880 to 2005. That is an increase of about 1 degree (F) in 125 years. You may choose to believe that is global warming or you may not. Source: http://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/2005/2005cal_fig1.gif There are numerous charts all over the internet showing the same. Some say that 1 degree is enough to impact the global climate, others say it's not. Most proponents of global warming think the earth's temperature has risen much more than that and don't even know that it has only risen by 1 degree. But the charts do not lie as do the proponents on both sides of this issue. The average temperature in the Antarctica is 109 degrees below zero. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctica#Climate It seems to me 108 below (one degree warmer) is still pretty cold and not enough to melt anything. But there are those that say it will.

Back in the '70s all the hype was about global COOLING and another ice age was coming. I remember that they blamed pollution for that too. They said that all the pollution was darkening the skies and not as much sun was coming through so the earth was cooling off. It took many years to discover that they were mistaken and it was all just hype. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_cooling So when someone says, "the sky is falling" don't believe everything you hear on either side of the issue. There are Spin Doctors galore out there.

Most of the time people will form an opinion and not really be informed about the subject with which they become so opinionated about. So it's best that you not form your opinions from other's opinions, (as in this forum) but on the facts presented. (Many do not provide any proof or links to prove their point, just their opinion.) With that said we do have a responsibility to do our part by doing whatever is within your power to keep our planet alive and well.

I hope that helps...

Answer 2

Two bad theories don't make one good one.

In the 1980s we were told that the ozone hole was being caused by CFCs in aerosols. CFC use was banned in 1987. CFCs take a long time to dissipate but the level of CFCs in the stratosphere is 20% lower than it was in 1987. Yet the ozone hole not only persists but grows and this Fall hit record levels.

Now we are being told that the effects of CFCs are more long-lasting than originally thought, and that global warming causes stratospheric cooling which exacerbates the ozone hole.

Uh huh.

Lingering effects of the evil corporations, combined with the present effcts of something else done by evil corporations, without anyone ever actually coming out and admitting that the original thesis was obviously mistaken, at least in part.

I am reminded of Animal Farm when the pigs first said that production was up and then they admitted that it was down but that the reasons were the lingering effects of the dastardly humans who had operated the farm before the revolution.

Answer 3

The ozone is irrelevant to global warming. It is important because it blocks the UV light that oxygen does not absorb and so protects us, but it does not aborb heat and is not affected by greenhouse gases.

Answer 4

Go sign the Petition to help Stop Global Warming at
www.StopGlobalWarming.com

Answer 5

The ozone is thinning out, and allowing too much sunlight and heat in... which is actually melting glaciers, according to some. Sounds rather depressing, eh?