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This is ANTARCTICA. And in 1985, it became the center of a global crisis…
Directly over Antarctica, high up in the stratosphere was a massive hole. And if we hadn’t done anything about it, today, we’d be living in an alternate world.
By now, a hole would be forming over the North Pole as well. By 2040, the “hole” would be over the entire planet. By 2065, skin cancer rates would be soaring. Kids wouldn’t play outside much anymore…
But that’s NOT the world we’re living in! In fact, you’ve probably stopped hearing this story altogether.
That wasn’t by accident. It was a choice. Two choices, both of which dramatically changed the course of human history for the better.
So let me show you how that happened and what’s about to happen next. Because it turns out, the little sliver at the bottom of the map is actually the center of everything/our whole planet.
And you need to see this now, because scientists say we need to make the next big choice.
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