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- From: parson_r@cubldr.colorado.edu (Robert Parson)
- Subject: Re: Global warming, ozone depletion NOT!
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.210210.1@cubldr.colorado.edu>
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- References: <1993Jan27.151649.1@vms.ocom.okstate.edu> <1k7bmuINNhod@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov>
- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 04:02:10 GMT
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- In article <1k7bmuINNhod@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov>,
- tjt@Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Tim Thompson) writes:
-
- >
- > First, direct measurements published in
- > JGR and Science, and other places, show that as much as 90% of the ozone
- > over the
- > south pole is depleted during the hole season.
- >
- Minor quibble: I assume you mean depletion is >90% between 15 and 20 km.
- Higher altitudes are much less affected, and the _overall_ depletion is
- about 50% (still a huge effect).
-
- The usual set of myths (some of which Paul Dietz described) about the ozone
- hole was thoroughly thrashed out on sci.environment just last
- week. They surface there about once every two months. Take a look there,
- or ask me by email for my posts which I archived - I'm too tired to go
- through this again so soon :)
-
- Robert Parson
-
- parson_r@cubldr.colorado.edu.
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