This week in The Climate Code
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"Ozone hole over Antarctica sets record as largest ever
WASHINGTON (AP) _ This year's Antarctic ozone hole is the biggest ever, government scientists said Thursday.
The so-called hole is a region where there is severe depletion of the layer of ozone _ a form of oxygen _ in the upper atmosphere that protects life on Earth by blocking the sun's ultraviolet rays." Read more
The One Degree Blog - Guest Commentary
Anthropogenic Global Warming outliving nuclear waste?
"David Archer, Professor
The perspective that is missing from virtually all discussion of global warming is the immense longevity of the climate impacts of releasing fossil-fuel CO2 into the atmosphere / ocean carbon cycle. What's the first thing you think of about nuclear waste? For me, it is that nuclear waste is a long-term problem, persisting for tens of thousands of years. Guess what? Global warming could persist for even longer..."
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