While Kang declined to opine on the implications for global climate change treaties, senior research scientist Lorenzo Polvani suggested in a release that the Columbia University and Canadian research findings should in fact be taken into consideration.
"While the ozone hole has been considered as a solved problem, we're now finding it has caused a great deal of the climate change that's been observed," Polvani said.
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Add CommentSo what caused the floods in the 1940s & 50s that washed away a large proportion of Kempsey & caused widespread flooding during those years? Interesting that no matter what, weather variation is human caused. I thought it was supposed to cause drought. Isn't that why, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne & Perth all built desalination plants instead of dams?
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisCarlyle: Anything to say climate change is not happening. I know about the desal plants, I pay for the Sydney monster with every water bill.
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisMore importantly, no one has proved the hole in the ozone layer has not been there since oxygen became a major constituent of the atmosphere. Ozone displays paramagnetic properties, hence it could be repelled by the magnetic north pole which is located in the Antarctic. Also consider if magnetic properties did not have any impact then we should have an equivalent hole over the magnetic south pole or in the Arctic. If nothing impacted ozone distribution it should be even across the entire planet.
I have written about this before but never received a satisfactory explanation to refute this observation. We detected the hole when we developed the technology.
Previously I also sited human skin pigment variation in the northern hemisphere compared to dark skins prevailing to very southerly regions of Australia and Africa. Have not travelled in South America.