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Articles tagged with: Ozone
CLAIM REVIEWS
Scientists didn’t announce impending environmental catastrophes every decade since the 1970s
CLAIM
"Government funded science: 70’s: another ice age in 10 years; 80’s: acid rain will destroy all crops in 10 years; 90’s: the ozone layer will be destroyed in 10 years; 2000’s the ice caps will be gone on 10 years"
SOURCE: Facebook users, Facebook
Published: 03 Mar 2021
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Greenhouse gases cause global warming by trapping infra-red radiations, not by “causing more holes in the ozone layer”
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Greenhouse gases emitted into the ocean are causing more holes in the ozone layer … “the ozone layer has holes in it causing global temperature to rise”
SOURCE: Otis Holland, Instagram
Published: 21 Jul 2020
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The Antarctic ozone layer is recovering, but The Independent claim fails to grasp significance of study it relies on
CLAIM
The ozone layer is healing
SOURCE: Louise Boyle, The Independent
Published: 07 Apr 2020
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