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A Harvard researcher has found that the depletion of the ozone layer by a chlorine compound is occurring above densely populated midlatitude regions, not just over the poles.
Chlorine monoxide is the main compound responsible for breaking apart the ozone molecules over the poles. Most of the chlorine in the ozone layer comes from chlorofluorocarbons and various forms of pollution.
There was no letup in terror though. Refugees reported that loyalists were executing captured rebels by hanging them from utility poles and the gun barrels of tanks. Insurgents in the north claimed the army had taken 5,000 Kurdish women and children hostage and was threatening to kill them. Tehran...
The seriousness of war is belittled by the flag-waving and chants and most particularly by the persistent commodification of the battle. Shop windows display "Operation Desert Storm" shirts, badges and buttons. The hot new fashion statement includes American flag earnings and pins with little yellow ribbons tied around their...
But the policy of hunting down the stray bison has been a public relations disaster. Of the park's 2,700 bison, 700 were killed by last spring, and an additional 11 have been slain this winter. The hunt is hardly sporting, protesters claim, since the Yellowstone bison have been...