I'm particularly impressed by #22. It's heartening to see we actually can make a difference to the global environment if get organized and wait a few decades for results.
I think you misread that. The hole is getting smaller and the greenhouse gasses are getting more abundant. Does that sort of mush up the idea that greenhouse gasses are contributing to the hole in the ozone?
As I understand it, they're two separate issues. Greenhouse gases (which we1 have been notably unsuccessful at controlling) cause global warming. Chlorofluorocarbons (which we've been successful at controlling) cause the ozone hole. The fact that the two undertakings are similar enough to be confused for one another is an excellent argument that if we can succeed at one, we can succeed at the other.
Um... a lot of these were certainly known before last year. I knew about demodex mites (#38) years ago. #40 (about queen bees/ants/wasps) seems to be exactly what you'd guess from a basic knowledge of natural selection. I personally noticed #25 two years ago, when I moved in with my (then) boyfriend.
#13 is shit hot, though, and reminds me of that part in Life of Pi with the floating island.
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Date: 2006-12-27 08:50 pm (UTC)1By "we", I mean Australia and the USA.
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Date: 2006-12-27 10:42 pm (UTC)#13 is shit hot, though, and reminds me of that part in Life of Pi with the floating island.