Arctic Ozone Hole Will Be Severe This Year

dirutz writes "Thought this year's weather patterns were odd? Next year's might be worse because of the thinning of the ozone layer. Looks like there's something to add to that list of New Year's resolutions/hopes/dreams."

This can't be right...

[Giant Ape Skeleton]

Rush Limbaugh says The ozone layer is a Liberal Myth.

Hmm, this could be a good thing

[JFitzsimmons]

Maybe after everyone else has died from skin cancer, geeks will inherit the earth. That 'outside' thing was always overrated anyway.

Umm.. What?

[Anonymous Coward]

The entire country has been covered with snow this winter. So much for global warming!

Alarmist _science_

[grozzie2]

The rest of the world would probably take all these alarmists a lot more seriously, if they would just get together, and all tell a co-ordinated story. But, let me quote from tfm

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The stratosphere, where the ozone layer lies, has seen its coldest winter for 50 years; there have also been an unusually large number of clouds.
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There is a simple cure for this ozone problem, lets just heat the planet up a little bit. umm, wait, that'll piss off all the global warming types.

Dunno who to believe anymore, think I'll just head out and shoot a spotted owl, I've heard they roast up pretty tasty....

He who smelt it

[Anonymous Coward]

I was under the impression that the US was doing pretty well when it came to phasing out ozone-depleting chemicals, which leads me to ask: who farted?

The heck with 'em

[Tau Zero]

You can always make more polar bears. Just take Cartesian bears and put them through a coördinate transform.