The Ozone Hole Was Solvable, And So Is Climate Change

Solvable

Pushkin Industries

Society & Culture, News

4.4 • 602 Ratings

🗓️ 3 November 2021

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Susan Solomon’s research in the 1980’s confirmed that the presence of chlorofluorocarbons was largely responsible for the hole in the ozone and that led consumers, chemical companies and manufacturers to a path for fixing it. For her work, Solomon was awarded the National Medal of Science, the prestigious Blue Planet Prize, shared a Nobel Peace Prize in 2007 with Al Gore and was inducted into the Women’s Hall of Fame in 2009. Solomon Glacier in Antarctica was named for her.

Solvable is produced by Jocelyn Frank, research by David Zha, booking by Lisa Dunn. Our managing producer is Sachar Mathias is the managing producer and Mia Lobel is the executive producer.

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0:00.0	This is an I-Heart podcast.
0:16.6	This is Solvable.
0:18.4	I'm Ronald Young, Jr.
0:20.5	Back in 1992, I was in the second grade and would occasionally watch this show on television called Captain Planet and the Planet Tears.
0:27.6	The power is yours.
0:31.6	It was a superhero-themed environmentalist cartoon, considered to be edutainment for kids.
0:38.2	It fit in well with Bill Nye, the Science Guy, and Reading Rainbow.
0:41.9	Each episode was built around an environmental problem often perpetuated by a supervillain.
0:47.0	Then, the International Coalition of Planetaires would fight alongside Captain Planet to literally
0:52.8	save the world.
0:54.5	The show was very on the nose.
0:56.8	It covered topics like littering, pollution,
0:59.9	and in one particular episode, it talked about the hole in the ozone layer.
1:04.4	That killjoy ozone layer blocks out the deadly rays.
1:09.1	EFCs eat a hole in the ozone layer of Earth's atmosphere.
1:13.9	But without the ozone, the sun's deadly ultraviolet radiation will pour down on us.
1:20.2	Exactly.
1:23.2	Super villain Duke Nukem and his Flunky assistant, who moved factories to Antarctica
1:28.9	in order to open the backs of refrigerators and microwaves just to release the damaging chemicals.
1:35.1	Those chemicals, called CFCs, or chloroflorocarbons, actively create the hole in the ozone.
1:42.6	Again, this is a kid show.
1:45.0	I first saw this episode when I was in second grade,
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