European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 23, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday october 23, 1986 the stars and stripes i scientists shoot holes in Ozone theories Washington api whatever i causing protective Ozone to disappear Over the South pole it probably in l the Sun and wind according to scientists they said monday they believe chemical process is behind the puzzling recently discovered drop in Ozone concentrations every october. But icy Are not ready to blame Man made chemicals the Antarctic discoveries confirmed earlier this year Sci off a flurry of scientific and governmental activity because Ozone ii necessary to support life As we know it. The Hole was he first con crime evidence of damage to the Ozone layer despite More than a decade of warnings from some scientists. The Ozone drop also appears 10 be occurring Over the North poll1, another study has shown. The formation of Ozone a pollutant at ground level by ultraviolet rays High in the atmosphere keeps most of those rays from reaching the Earth s sur face where they could be deadly to some life forms. The environmental Protection Agency estimates that each i percent decline i Ozone at High altitudes Means 200,000 More skin cancers around the glob every year in a Telephone Hookup from the . Base at Mcmurdo sound to a news con Ference sponsored by the National Sci ence foundation Susan Solomon Leader of a special expedition to study the octo Ber Ozone drop in Antarctica said shews More concerned than she had been before the expedition because Sci ence has been unable to come up with an but she said her group believes it can Rule out two theories put Forward to com Pete with the chemical theory. One theory says that the 11-year solar Cycle ii somehow responsible through triggering chemical reactions thai have a cumulative effect. This would explain Why the Antarctic Hole did not appear before the mid-1970s. The other theory says that slight changes in wind patterns resulting in a upward movement of air masses could be responsible. The leading competitor of these two theories states that chlorofluorocarbon compounds used As refrigeration fluids Are deleting Ozone around the Globe through he release of chlorine fro these Long lived molecules when icy reach High altitudes. One problem is that none of the sever scientists prepare balloon to be used in an Ozone Experiment in Antarctica. Al computer models used by scientist who believe this theory predicted the october Antarctic Hole which is actually about a 40 percent decline in Ozone concentration Over much of the Conti nent. If the solar Cycle were driving Ozone Down Large amounts of nitrogen dioxide should be found at altitudes where the Ozone is disappearing but the Nitro Gen dioxide Abundances inside the Ozone Hole Are the lowest we have observed anywhere in the world said Solomon a chemist at the Boulder Colo lab of the National oceanic and atmospheric administration. If changed wind patterns and rising air masses were the cause nitrous oxide should be found in abundance. But that substance also is extremely Low inside the Ozone in addition tracking of Fine particles in the atmosphere by a University of Wyoming team on the expedition shows no evidence of the up Ward movement of air that would sup port the wind theory. Though winds May play a role we believe that a chemical mechanism i fundamentally responsible for the forma Tion of the "1 am definitely not saying thai chlorofluorocarbons or Man made chemicals Are the cause she said in response to a question. In december major producing nations Are meeting in Geneva to consider control measures for bans. Other nations refused logo along with a . Regulation that banned the chemicals As aerosol propellants in 1978. Some findings suggest thai the Ozone depletion May be associated with the springtime evaporation of Polar stratospheric Clouds inc scientists said in the consensus statement read by Solomon. The Fine ice and water particles in those Clouds could provide Sites for the Complex chemical reactions involved in some theories of Ozone depletion som scientists have suggested. Last month a researcher with the National aeronautics and space administration said a preliminary study indicates an Ozone drop also is occurring at the North pole although on a much smaller scale than in Antarctica. The scientist Don Heath said his unpublished study shows Ozone concentrations Are declining 1.5 percent to 2 per cent per year in the Arctic based upon satellite observations made from 1978 to 198-1. Mosgrave de Man working on place a 1bus, Ohio a Parke Thompson has a tip for worm veers the motels in Tibet arc few and far Between. Thompson should in mme Espenl the last three decades travelling visiting to by the 306 countries or regions recognized by Century club. The 67-year-old Akron lawyer listed in the 198$, 1986 and 1987 editions of the guinness Book of world records As the most travelled Man. They Don t have the motels the accommodations or the vehicles like the other places he said recently about his trip to Tibet adding that he had to slay in former army Barracks. Fellow travel buffs Don Buckley of Denver John Clouse of Evansville ind., have a Juja places on the list. Clouse s 6-Yeajajpggn, 0. Chauncey Clouse is listed in Book As the most s up to Placebo. 121. It s not a said . Davidson treasurer and owner of the los Angeles based trav Elers Cut Ailiese Are three Guys. Hell Bent to Yii str country in the the travellers Century club is limited to those who Hove visited at least 100 countries or regions Hobs. I just wanted to see and i think i be done a Davidson said. The club defines regions As areas that Are politically geographically or ethnically remove from their Parent country citing Hawaii and Alaska As examples. Thompson started travelling 30 years found he could t Stop while buckley4" Ujj i naval officer stimulated his wan either have an us Offir of Don to said in the air Force and21 years in All there we pretty five Vershave found hat it Rhc sits heart Ping moments like the time a a Fth barged a ship Buckley was on near Mexico the ship got Between her and her calf he she almost broke the boat up. Luckily we got the outboard motors started and escaped in rafts. Clouse 61, said he was once arrested by a soviet Soldier while taking a picture in Central Asia. This Guy starts to interrogate me said clause who like Thompson is a lawyer. That s when we realize we Are fortunate in the .a. To have uie Legal system we he finally convinced the Soldier he had Dene nothing wrong All three say the trips Are becoming More and More ch3llengjnjgbmit"sevcral regions of Antarctica Jamp Haces they Haven t gotten to. Strive years my fondest memories have of getting to areas so difficult to get to it takes Many resources to make it Thompson said. It took him 10 years to find the Best Way to reach Pitcairm Island which he visited last month. He flew to new zealand then paid a $1,500 fare on a ship headed across the Pacific. " if i can get a sponsor with 136,000,1 could gel to the last places just like that Thompson said. The Only places he has t seen Are four regions in Antarctica and the Island of Fernando de Ornaha off the coast of its Mother country Brazil. Clouse i next target is Bouvet Island 1,700 Miles i of Cape town South Africa. He is looking Stu attain willing to land there. Last Lime he tried Tab Oulen t land because the Weatherwas so bad. Buckley who has spelmta200,000 on travels says he wants to try to re acre pc obscure Island in the South expects hell have to rough it because ships a to such places Don t have Cabins for passenger i should t be doing these things Buckley i but i la do it
