top | item 43925412 (no title) ricw | 9 months ago It’s actually much more that the ozone layer, which filters uv, is much thinner than it was even 60-70 years ago. The ozone layer might be growing again, but at a very slow pace.Simple fact is, we’re much more exposed to uv than prior generations. discuss order hn newest dgacmu|9 months ago "much" more might be overstating it? We get about 6% more UV:https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/03/100316142529.h...Which corresponds with the ozone layer being about 5% thinner:https://www.clo.nl/en/indicators/en021819-ozone-layer-1980-2...Not good (or good for us) but also not a huge huge change, since we stopped the thinning of the ozone layer mostly in time.
dgacmu|9 months ago "much" more might be overstating it? We get about 6% more UV:https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/03/100316142529.h...Which corresponds with the ozone layer being about 5% thinner:https://www.clo.nl/en/indicators/en021819-ozone-layer-1980-2...Not good (or good for us) but also not a huge huge change, since we stopped the thinning of the ozone layer mostly in time.
dgacmu|9 months ago
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/03/100316142529.h...
Which corresponds with the ozone layer being about 5% thinner:
https://www.clo.nl/en/indicators/en021819-ozone-layer-1980-2...
Not good (or good for us) but also not a huge huge change, since we stopped the thinning of the ozone layer mostly in time.