COVID-19 Coronavirus News and Updates

[Buff Beaker]

Thanks. The problem is because of the whole 10 limit law and the social distancing, we have no clue how we're going to do the funeral. Most people won't be able to come.

No problem. Yeah I cant imagine how difficult it must be to plan the Funeral right now. This is a very crazy time. But things will get better. Stay positive everyone! Have to get back to school work now.

 

[D'Snowth]

 

[D'Snowth]

Okay, I have a serious mind boggle here: I'm reading from various different sources that scientists and climatologists are noticing the O-zone layer around the world is "healing" and that Climate Change is being reversed, thanks to all of this social distancing and staying at home because of the pandemic.

I'm sorry, but . . . what? Damage to the O-zone layer, and Climate Change has been the result of man-made pollution and other toxins being released into our atmosphere for years . . . decades . . . maybe even centuries . . . and you're telling me that things are already improving that drastically because of a pandemic that's only lasted for about three months?! What kind of voo-doo is this?!

 

[MuppetsRule]

Okay, I have a serious mind boggle here: I'm reading from various different sources that scientists and climatologists are noticing the O-zone layer around the world is "healing" and that Climate Change is being reversed, thanks to all of this social distancing and staying at home because of the pandemic.

I'm sorry, but . . . what? Damage to the O-zone layer, and Climate Change has been the result of man-made pollution and other toxins being released into our atmosphere for years . . . decades . . . maybe even centuries . . . and you're telling me that things are already improving that drastically because of a pandemic that's only lasted for about three months?! What kind of voo-doo is this?!

Mother Nature does have a way of hitting the reset button. Less travel. Fewer open factories. All play a factor. It will improve global warming and the ozone layer.

 

[MWoO]

At the risk of sounding redundant, but... source?

Also, the Ozone Layer has been healing for years ever since the ban on CFC's in 1996. The hole in the Ozone Layer has nothing to do with climate change. The Ozone Layer protects against UV radiation from the sun. UV radiation is what causes skin to age prematurely and causes skin cancer.
Climate Change is caused by Green House Gases, mostly CO2, which traps radiant heat on the Earth. The Sun heats the ground, the ground radiates that heat, and the excess CO2 in the air retains the heat like a blanket.

 

[D'Snowth]

Mother Nature does have a way of hitting the reset button. Less travel. Fewer open factories. All play a factor. It will improve global warming and the ozone layer.

But I mean, so soon and so quickly, after a period of damage that has been done over a period of time that's far much longer than most of us have even been alive on this planet?

 

[fuzzygobo]

Climate change (called Global Warming in my college days. In 1987, it was right up there with abortion. Nothing changed). was always the hot topic. But even back then, the biggest culprit was China. But for 33 years, nothing was done to penalize them.

 

[D'Snowth]

Climate change (called Global Warming in my college days.

Apparently "Global Warming" is no longer an accurate term, because the way the climate is shifting across the globe, it's more than just a warming trend . . . apparently, some areas of the world are experiencing harsher and more destructive winter storms as well, which is also said to be the result of Climate Change.

 

[CoolGuy1013]

apparently, some areas of the world are experiencing harsher and more destructive winter storms as well, which is also said to be the result of Climate Change.

Don't ask me how that works.

 

[D'Snowth]

I wouldn't even know, I never see any of these winter storms that they evidently have to name like hurricanes.