Category Archives: Ozone

Antarctic Ozone Hole smallest in five years

Posted on December 7, 2010 by

  From MSNBC: WELLINGTON, New Zealand — International efforts to phase out the use of chlorofluorocarbons and other ozone-depleting substances may be paying off, according to research revealed Friday by the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research in New Zealand. … Continue reading →

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Stubborn Antarctic Ozone Hole refuses to change

Posted on November 12, 2010 by

Maybe it is because the major catalyst isn’t CFC’s after all? See this story: Galactic Cosmic Rays May Be Responsible For The Antarctic Ozone Hole In the conclusions of the paper here (PDF) there is this: Thus, the above facts (1)–(5) … Continue reading →

Posted in CFC's, Cosmic rays, Ozone | 114 Comments

Antarctic sea ice increase not linked to ozone hole

Posted on October 5, 2010 by

From the AGU Weekly Journal Highlights While sea ice extent has declined dramatically in the Arctic in recent years, it has increased slightly in the Antarctic. Some scientists have suggested that increased Antarctic sea ice extent can be explained by … Continue reading →

Posted in Antarctic, CFC's, Ozone, Sea ice | 63 Comments

The biggest environmental scandal in history

Posted on August 24, 2010 by

A UN board could rein in $2.7 billion carbon market to prevent the double dipping of CFC manufacturing incentives and carbon credit sales, as discovered to be happening in China. Guest post by Ric Werme Excerpts from: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100821/ap_on_bi_ge/un_un_carbon_cutting_scheme# reports UNITED … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon credits, CFC's, Ozone | 75 Comments

Clean air, a problem?

Posted on April 19, 2010 by

Here’s a headline I thought I’d never see. In the 60′s and 70′s we were bombarded with images like these: Now we hear that may be a good thing. Make up your minds! Though I think oceans have a good … Continue reading →

Posted in Aerosols, Ozone, Satire | 171 Comments

Study shows CFCs, cosmic rays major culprits for global warming

Posted on December 22, 2009 by

From the University of Waterloo press release. WATERLOO, Ont. (Monday, Dec. 21, 2009) – Cosmic rays and chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), both already implicated in depleting the Earth’s ozone layer, are also responsible for changes in the global climate, a University of … Continue reading →

Posted in Cosmic rays, Ozone, Science | 269 Comments

Global ozone layer depletion leveling off – rising slightly

Posted on September 21, 2009 by

From the European Space Agency. By merging more than a decade of atmospheric data from European satellites, scientists have compiled a homogeneous long-term ozone record that allows them to monitor total ozone trends on a global scale – and the … Continue reading →

Posted in Earth, measurement, Ozone | 60 Comments

The Left Hand Knows Not What The Right Hand is Doing

Posted on April 23, 2009 by

Guest Post by Steven Goddard Last weeks’ top Antarctic AGW story was : Antarctic ice melting faster than expected due to CO2, of course. This week the #1 story is : Antarctic ice spreading but the increase in size is … Continue reading →

Posted in Antarctic, Ozone, Science, Sea ice | 114 Comments

Galactic Cosmic Rays May Be Responsible For The Antarctic Ozone Hole

Posted on March 26, 2009 by

NOTE: It has been pointed out to me by an email from a regular WUWT reader that some people get a different conclusion from the headline other than what I was thinking of.  So, for those who didn’t read the … Continue reading →

Posted in Ozone, Science, Space | 114 Comments

This year’s Antarctic ozone hole is 5th biggest

Posted on November 9, 2008 by

September 12th, 2008 Ozone hole over the Antarctic From NASA News This is considered a “moderately large” ozone hole, according to NASA atmospheric scientist, Paul Newman. And while this year’s ozone hole is the fifth largest on record, the amount … Continue reading →

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New theory predicts the largest ozone hole over Antarctica will occur this month – cosmic rays at fault

Posted on October 25, 2008 by

From a University of Waterloo press release (h/t to commenter Rob) WATERLOO, Ont. (Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2008) — A University of Waterloo scientist says that cosmic rays are a key cause for expanding the hole in the ozone layer over … Continue reading →

Posted in Ozone, Science | 123 Comments