Great Pacific Garbage Patch
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- lowimpakt0
detritus, there is still problems with the ozone layer even with the massive global political efforts and technical substitution of some ozone depleting substances
this is from 2011
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GENEVA 5 APRIL 2011 (WMO) ­ Depletion of the ozone layer ­ the shield that protects life on
Earth from harmful levels of ultraviolet rays ­ has reached an unprecedented level over the
Arctic this spring because of the continuing presence of ozone­depleting substances in the
atmosphere and a very cold winter in the stratosphere. The stratosphere is the second
major layer of the Earth’s atmosphere, just above the troposphere.The record loss is despite an international agreement which has been very successful in cutting production and consumption of ozone destroying chemicals. Because of the long atmospheric lifetimes of these compounds it will take several decades before their concentrations are back down to pre­1980 levels, the target agreed in the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer"
- Oh, I didn't mean that “the entire problem's been solved” — rather the root cause was remedied. Good article tho!detritus