# Study: Ozone layer has stopped shrinking **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [August 31, 2005, 6:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/study-ozone-layer-has-stopped-shrinking/176705 "2005-08-31T18:55:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CavlrZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/94ad74/32.png) [@CavlrZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/CavlrZ)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 6:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/study-ozone-layer-has-stopped-shrinking/176705/1 "2005-08-31T18:55:38Z")
[http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/science/08/31/ozone.layer.reut/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/science/08/31/ozone.layer.reut/index.html) now can the enviro-geeks leave our SUV’s alone? 🆒 > WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The ozone layer has stopped shrinking but it will take decades to start recovering, U.S. scientists reported on Tuesday. > > They said an international agreement to limit production of ozone-depleting chemicals has apparently worked, but the damage to ozone has not been halted completely. > > An analysis of satellite records and surface monitoring instruments shows the ozone layer has grown a bit thicker in some parts of the world, but is still well below normal levels, the scientists report in Wednesday’s issue of the Journal of Geophysical Research. > > Elsewhere, the decline in ozone levels has stabilized, said Betsy Weatherhead, a researcher at the University of Colorado at Boulder and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. “The observed changes may be evidence of ozone improvement in the atmosphere,” she said in a statement. > > The experts credited, at least in part, the 1987 Montreal Protocol which was ratified by more than 180 nations and set legally binding controls for on the production and consumption of ozone-depleting gases containing chlorine and bromine. > > The prime suspects in ozone destruction are chlorofluorocarbons, or CFCs, once commonly used in refrigeration, air conditioning and industrial cleaning. > > “These early signs indicate one of the strongest success stories of international cooperation in the face of an environmental threat,” said NOAA administrator Conrad Lautenbacher. > > Weatherhead noted that methane levels, water vapor and air temperatures will continue to affect future ozone levels. > > “Even after all chlorine compounds are out of the system, it is unlikely that ozone levels will stabilize at the same levels,” she said. > > “Chemicals pumped into Earth’s atmosphere decades ago still are affecting ozone levels today,” said Sherwood Roland of the University of California Irvine. “This problem was a long time in the making, and because of the persistence of these chlorine compounds, there is no short-term fix.” > > The ozone layer remains so thin that cancer-causing ultraviolet radiation is still getting through. > > “This study provides some very encouraging news,” said Mike Repacholi of the World Health Organization. “But the major cause of skin cancer is still human behavior, including tanning and sunburns that result from a lack of proper skin protection.” ---
**Author:** ![HaNnIBaL64](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hannibal64/32/5954_2.png) [@HaNnIBaL64](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HaNnIBaL64)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 7:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/study-ozone-layer-has-stopped-shrinking/176705/2 "2005-08-31T19:00:11Z")
hahaha yeah welll leave you alone cause your gonna be assraped at the gas pump ---
**Author:** ![Shaggy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shaggy/32/5945_2.png) [@Shaggy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shaggy)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 7:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/study-ozone-layer-has-stopped-shrinking/176705/3 "2005-08-31T19:04:03Z")
🤣 foreign aid told news journalist. the americans caused the ozone and they wont send help because of our own destruction 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![The1SloR\_T](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/the1slor_t/32/5984_2.png) [@The1SloR\_T](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/The1SloR_T)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 7:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/study-ozone-layer-has-stopped-shrinking/176705/4 "2005-08-31T19:37:27Z")
They said an international agreement to limit production of ozone-depleting chemicals has apparently worked… what the hell did they use?? lol an antidrug? ---
**Author:** ![77rednecktruck](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/77rednecktruck/32/5966_2.png) [@77rednecktruck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/77rednecktruck)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 5:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/study-ozone-layer-has-stopped-shrinking/176705/5 "2005-09-01T05:40:02Z")
I guess I need to drive my truck around some more to get that ozone layer a little smaller. global warming=win ---
**Author:** ![bobby311](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bobby311/32/5971_2.png) [@bobby311](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bobby311)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 10:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/study-ozone-layer-has-stopped-shrinking/176705/6 "2005-09-01T10:05:03Z")
NO SHIT another stellar performance by democrats when will you people fuckin learn?? ---
**Author:** ![fshowcars](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fshowcars/32/5937_2.png) [@fshowcars](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fshowcars)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 11:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/study-ozone-layer-has-stopped-shrinking/176705/7 "2005-09-01T11:22:05Z")
> [@bobby311](#): > > NO SHIT > > another stellar performance by democrats > when will you people fuckin learn?? clinton reforms that bush did away with was unfounded :kekegay: i guess not ---
**Author:** ![Darkstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@Darkstar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Darkstar)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 11:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/study-ozone-layer-has-stopped-shrinking/176705/8 "2005-09-01T11:27:33Z")
> [@bobby311](#): > > NO SHIT > > another stellar performance by democrats > when will you people fuckin learn?? you’re retarded.