The Creation of
a Thousand Forests
is in one acorn
Ozone is both beneficial and harmful to us. Ozone Hole website will bring you the most interesting facts about ozone layer depletion.
Without ozone, life on Earth would not have evolved. The ozone hole causes climate change. Find out more on ozone-hole.org.uk.
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UV Radiation
Ultraviolet radiation is one form of radiant energy coming from the sun. The various forms of energy, or radiation, are classified according to wavelength, measured in nanometres (one nm is a millionth of a millimetre).
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Health Effects of Ozone Depletion: Eye Disorders
Ozone’s unique physical properties allow the ozone layer to act as our planet’s sunscreen, providing an in visible filter to help protect all life forms from the Sun’s damaging ultraviolet (UV) rays.
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Ozone Depletion & Aquatic Life
Phytoplankton and zooplankton, microscopic marine organisms which play crucial roles in complex ecological food webs, are sensitive to UV radiation.
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Waste Regulation
Under the terms of the Montreal Protocol developed nations have ceased production of new CFCs, halons and other ozone depleting chemicals.
Advantages
Despite all of our harmful chemicals going into the atmosphere, some people still argue that stratospheric ozone depletion is just part of a natural variation. Natural variations which influence the amount of ozone in the upper atmosphere include solar activity, volcanic eruptions and changes in atmospheric circulation – the planetary winds.
International agreements, if legally binding, go a long way to solving environmental problems like that of ozone depletion. However, for there to be real and long-lasting success, everyone must become part of the solution. The collective impact of environmental citizenship is much greater than the sum of the parts. Individual efforts taken together can be powerful forces for environmental change.
Ozone’s unique physical properties allow the ozone layer to act as our planet’s sunscreen, providing an invisible filter to help protect all life forms from the Sun’s damaging ultraviolet (UV) rays. Without the protective effect of ozone, life on Earth would not have evolved the way it has. The ozone layer protects us from the harmful effects of certain wavelengths of ultraviolet (UV) light from the Sun.