28 April 2005

Ozone layer most fragile on record

For me this is worrying. Australian research indicates blond/red headed people who have Celtic backgrounds as oppoesd to Scandanavian, are more likley to suffer from skin cancers. As far as I can tell much of my ancestry is pretty solidly Celtic ... So if like my you live in northern Europe and have Celtic ancestors, you need to heed this doubly: "Scientists yesterday reinforced the warning that people going out in the sun this summer should protect themselves with creams and hats."
And why is this happening; we were told not long ago that we'd done a good job as humans at reducing CFC's and that the ozone holes were reducing in size. And so it was. Problem is now "The pollution levels have levelled off but changes in the atmosphere have made it easier for the chemical reactions to take place that allow pollutants to destroy ozone. With these changes likely to continue and get worse as global warming increases, then ozone will be further depleted even if the level of pollution is going down."
Global warming, it appears, isn't just about warming but about UV radiation too. Baddest news.
Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Ozone layer most fragile on record

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