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- Climate
Posted on: 2021-03-03
Scientists didn’t announce impending environmental catastrophes every decade since the 1970s

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Science said in the: 70s, another ice age in 10 years; 80s, acid rain will destroy all crops in 10 years; 90s: the ozone layer will be destroyed in 10 years; 2000’s the ice caps will be gone on 10 years

Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2021-02-20
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- Climate
Posted on: 2020-07-21
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: Instagram, Otis Holland, 2020-07-11
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- Climate
Posted on: 2020-04-07
The Antarctic ozone layer is recovering, but The Independent claim fails to grasp significance of study it relies on

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The ozone layer is healing

Source: The Independent, Louise Boyle, 2020-03-26

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Scientists didn’t announce impending environmental catastrophes every decade since the 1970s

Greenhouse gases cause global warming by trapping infra-red radiations, not by “causing more holes in the ozone layer”

The Antarctic ozone layer is recovering, but The Independent claim fails to grasp significance of study it relies on

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