Ozone Depletion Good morning to our lecturer and my fellow friends. Today I want to deliver a speech on title “Ozone Depletion”. Did you know that about 20 kilometres from the earth’s surface there is a thin layer of gas forming just a small fraction of the earth’s atmosphere‚ without which harmful radiation from the sun would destroy all life on this planet? This is the ozone layer‚ which filters out harmful ultraviolet-B rays. Today‚ because of our negligence‚ the ozone layer is depleting.
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The ozone layer protects the Earth from the ultraviolet rays sent down by the sun. If the ozone layer is depleted by human action‚ the effects on the planet could be catastrophic. Ozone is present in the stratosphere. The stratosphere reaches 30 miles above the Earth‚ and at the very top it contains ozone. The suns rays are absorbed by the ozone in the stratosphere and thus do not reach the Earth. | | | | | | The Ozone Layer Over Time. Image Credit: Institute for Studies in Development
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The ozone depletion The ozone depletion‚ or ozone hole is a big problem which affects the environment and also all the people on earth. But what is it? Does this problem have a solution? And what are governments doing to reach this solution? The ozone layer is a belt of naturally occurring ozone gas that sits 15 to 30 kilometers above Earth and serves as a shield from the ultraviolet B radiation emitted by the sun which are very dangerous. Now‚ the problem is that the release of pollution
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The Causes: Effects of Ozone Depletion Cody Tate Buena Vista University Author Note “Prepared for Laura Brauhn’s Globalism Seminar” Abstract This paper will explore what exactly ozone depletion is. It will talk about the definition of ozone depletion and what some of the things are that causes it. This paper will connect global warming with ozone depletion. This paper will give you examples of both biological and environmental. The main thing this paper will talk about is verification
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Before I talk about the ozone hole‚ I would like to talk about what ozone is. Ozone is a gas that is made of three oxygen atoms and it’s found up in the atmosphere (stratosphere layer). These three oxygen atoms are so important to us because they protect us from UV radiation. When UV rays try to come to earth they come across these three oxygen atoms and hits them‚ converting them into oxygen gas (O2) and one more oxygen (O). That prevents the UV rays from coming to earth. Ozone hole means that it’s
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IMPACTS OF OZONE Introduction Ozone is a gas that occurs naturally in our atmosphere. Most of it is concentrated in the ozone layer[->0]‚ a region located in the stratosphere several miles above the surface of the Earth. Although ozone represents only a small fraction of the gas present in the atmosphere‚ it plays a vital role by shielding humans and other life from harmful ultraviolet light from the Sun. Human activities in the last several decades have produced chemicals‚ such as chlorofluorocarbons
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The Importance of the Ozone "Like an infection that grows more and more virulent‚ the continent-size hole in Earth ’s ozone layer keeps getting bigger and bigger"(Beyond Discovery). The ozone is a protective layer that occurs naturally in the stratosphere‚ 6 to 28 miles in altitude. Each year‚ since the late 1970 ’s‚ much of the ozone layer above Antarctica has disappeared‚ creating what is popularly known as the "ozone hole." This hole now measures about 9 million square miles‚ nearly the
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Ozone Depletion and Indoor Air Pollution Nainsi McKinney 5/14/13 Ozone depletion is a very serious issue that is almost fully the fault of humans and the ozone is going to continue to thin if changes are not made. Chemicals that are used in everyday life are primarily responsible for the ozone loss; compounds called chlorofluorocarbons such as Freon and Styrofoam when used as a foam blowing agent for insulation (WileyPlus‚Chap.9. Global Atmospheric
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Ozone depletion Ozone depletion describes two distinct but related phenomena observed since the late 1970s: a steady decline of about 4% per decade in the total volume of ozone in Earth’sstratosphere (the ozone layer)‚ and a much larger springtime decrease in stratospheric ozone over Earth’s polar regions. The latter phenomenon is referred to as the ozone hole. In addition to these well-known stratospheric phenomena‚ there are also springtime polar tropospheric ozone depletion events. The details
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The Ozone Layer: What does it do and what happens when it is depleted? The ozone layer is one of the most debated scientific subjects of the last decade. The growing problem of its depletion is being researched heavily all over the world‚ and methods are being researched to try and solve the problem. There have also been many debates concerning the relationship between the ozone layer and the onset of global warming. Before solutions can be developed‚ however‚ what the ozone layer actually does
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