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Finally! A Link between Climate Change and Cancer!
2012-07-27
I knew it; I just knew it! The NY Times, of course!
In a study published online by the journal Science, Harvard University scientists reported that some storms send water vapor miles into the stratosphere and showed how such events could rapidly set off ozone-destroying reactions with chemicals that remain in the atmosphere from CFCs, refrigerant gases that are now banned.
So we're doomed, anyway.
"It's the union between ozone loss and climate change that is really at the heart of this," said James G. Anderson, an atmospheric scientist and the lead author of the study.
Some storms could damage ozone, which - as we all know - is a finite, limited resource, which can never be created, only destroyed.
For years, Dr. Anderson said, he and other atmospheric scientists were careful to keep the two concepts separate. "Now, they're intimately connected," he said.
There's just no denying it anymore!
Ozone helps shield people, animals and crops from damaging ultraviolet rays from the sun. A thinning of the ozone layer over the United States during summers could mean an increase in ultraviolet exposure for millions of people and a rise in the incidence of skin cancer, the researchers said.
Some storms could damage the ozone, which could lead to more skin cancers. Unless you wear a hat. Or go to a tanning booth.
The findings were based on sound science, Dr. Anderson and other experts said, but much more research is needed, including direct measurements in the stratosphere in areas where water vapor was present after storms.
More research? Whoda thunk it?
Posted by:Bobby

#8  Sad. Jim Anderson was my advisor until I switched over to Purcell, and then he remained my official advisor (Purcell was Emeritus, Anderson was left out of the loop). Jim Anderson is/was a good man, but may indeed need the money. We all need money. He is responsible for a fairly large group. He is/was a bright and decent man. I find it hard to believe that he would sell out to 'the man' (in this case anthropogenic global warming conspiracists). But it is not an impossibility. Maybe I just don't want to believe he would do so.

But remember, in all our snark, he IS responsible for the lives and careers of those who work with and for him. There may have been hard, shitty decisions.
Posted by: Whiskey Mike   2012-07-27 19:41  

#7  Science isn't what it used to be.

Dr. Anderson and other experts said, but much more research is needed, including direct measurements in the stratosphere in areas where water vapor was present after storms.

Translated: I need much more money and then I will get the result the government (and the left) wants.
Posted by: JohnQC   2012-07-27 16:59  

#6  There is a baby storm northwest of San Antonio TX, 14:00 cst. It caps at 25,000ft or 4.75 miles. Greenville, SC has a boomer at 38,000 with is 7.2 miles. Its where most of your storms live.

There is a giant on I-95 topping at 44,000 which is 8.3 miles. I believe the tallest radar I've seen was 48,000 which is nine miles.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2012-07-27 15:01  

#5  If the science was settled and they were all so certain they'd be screaming for nuclear power left and right. Nuclear has a few risks, but nothing even close to the cataclysmic predictions they keep making.

So no nuclear embrace, no seriousness.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2012-07-27 14:38  

#4  I miss the good ole days when the Space Shuttle was punching holes in the atmosphere, destroying o-zone and letting the air escape, like a hole in a balloon. It was, as the experts say, truthy.

This is just crap. According to their peers the only way to prevent thunderstorms is by increasing global warming. Perhaps they could ask the president to sit budda style so that the firmament lowers, bringing the caps down to an altitude requiring the singular measurement of mile. And then ban autopredator assault machine guns as the bullets would then punch holes in the rainbow firmament and allow the air to escape into space.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2012-07-27 13:26  

#3  Ozone, the only substance in the galaxy more rare than unobtainian.

Miles is a very exact measurement. Science! Look, I can read things how I want to as well, mr. Pb author.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2012-07-27 13:20  

#2  Man does this sound desperate.
Posted by: DarthVader   2012-07-27 09:57  

#1  Bullshit.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2012-07-27 09:08  

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