Your Thoughts on the Great Ozone Debate?

Hrodvitnir asks: "Yesterday the BBC reported that the hole in the ozone layer above the Antarctic is the largest on record. Today CNN says that it is recovering, or at least stabilized. Do we really know what's going on? Is this more bad science/false studies, or are they both partially right?"

Well...

[slavemowgli]

Let's see who we have:

The BBC: one of the most highly-respected independent news organisations in the world.

CNN: an outlet for political propaganda, thanks to Ted Turner.

Who are you going to believe?

Easy...

[benhocking]

Fox! After all, they're fair and balanced!

Re:What I've always wondered

[RealityMogul]

Its because oxygen is heavier that ozone, so it falls to the bottom of the earth and displaces the ozone.

Re:Well...

[Anonymous Coward]

> Who are you going to believe?

Depends on how it's 'launched' or how often it's repeated.

Re:Easy

[$RANDOMLUSER]

Dang! I said "wrong". After all, I had a 50% chance of being right ;-)

Re:Easy...

[Anonymous Coward]

Ahhh, good old Fox. The news channel that decided to give me a good 5 minute long update on the movie filming that had to stop in New Orleans rather than let me know about what was really happening there...

tan

[daddyrief]

I, for one, could use the extra sun. Being a nerd, I'm pretty white.

Re:We can't even agree on global warming

[Botia]

Who wants ozone anyways? That stuff is poisonous!

Re:not THAT unusual

[sweet sounding]

Are you the global warning malcolm X?

Evolution in Action

[WormholeFiend]

I predict that the ozone layer will vanish one day, not because of first world countries, but because third world countries dont have the cash for the more expensive ozone-friendly chemicals.

When that happens, a whole bunch of people are going to die from skin cancer and/or will go blind from cataracts, while the survivors who are more resistant to UVs will procreate.

I'd give anything to be around at that time, only to see how the creationism/evolution debate turns out.

A scam

[loconet]

It's obviously a scam! I mean c'mon. Who exactly do they expect to fool with such nonsense?

"So there is this invisible thing around the earth .. and now, ..it has a hole in it!"

I'm not falling for it.

Worst case scenario

[Mr Guy]

The worst case scenario: Any possible source of carbon dioxide or methane is a significant danger to the environment.

Solution: Exterminate all non-plant life on this planet, for the good of the ozone.

Re:not THAT unusual

[Ingolfke]

the chickens will come home to roost.

Sir, it is highly unlikely that chickens will ever roost in the Arctic or Antarctic. Not only could they not withstand the extreme climate they do not have the ability to fly the hundreds of miles over open ocean that would be required to make it to either of those regions. Furthermore chickens are not indigenous to either the Arctic or the Antarctic so they would never "come home" to roost as neither of those regions could be properly called "The Home of Chickens". Your science, sir, is all a shambles. Disgraceful... disgraceful.

metric vs. english units

[Sebastopol]

You see, the BBC article quotes data taken from European satellites, where as the CNN article quotes data taken from American satellites.

It is clearly a problem with the European satellites.

Re:We can't even agree on global warming

[Shakes268]

I'm so glad we had the technology in pre-industrial times to know what the pre-industrial status was.

Yeh the truth is.

[JollyFinn]

Its the basic thing there is american news organisation giving objective information, while rest of the worlds news agencies gives simply blatant false information on their self interest that is contradiction to American political interest. Its something that everything that is published about pollution and atmosphere its the same thing. The rest of the world has VERY bad bias in there.