The ozone layer this during winters. It is due to the increase in depletion at low temperature.
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The two issues are related. Ozone is a green house gas. If the ozone layer were to increase, so would temperatures of that area. The ozone layer thins at both poles during the end of their winter months. NASA has stated that one of the reasons that the Antarctic has not seen a warming trend is due to this thinning issue.
The issues would require that there be a problem if depleting ozone. The ozone layer does have two holes in it. One is over the Antarctic at the end of the winter when the sun has not created any ozone for months. The other thinning area is referred to as the dimple because it is so small and over the Arctic during it's winter. Both are due to a lack of sun during the winter months. The hole is much smaller today then in 1858 which was the largest recorded thinning of the ozone layer. This was before CFC's and due exclusively to solar flares. The current environmentalist claim to your ability to help the ozone layer though is to not use aerosols, not use air conditioning and generally avoid CFC's.
Yes, ozone levels are generally higher in the winter.
At the temperatures in the ozone layer, ozone concentrations decrease very slowly overnight. The sun's energy is required to make ozone. This is why we see the annual thinning at each pole during the end of their winter months each have almost no sunlight.
The thinning of the ozone layer occurs over each pole during the winter months at that pole. Countries very near the South pole could experience some reduction of their ozone during the winter months during years with unusually high solar activity. See the related questions section below.
thinning of ozone layer means the areas above each pole where sunlight is blocked by the earth's tilt during their winter months. This hole heals itself immediately after the daylight returns.
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The two issues are related. Ozone is a green house gas. If the ozone layer were to increase, so would temperatures of that area. The ozone layer thins at both poles during the end of their winter months. NASA has stated that one of the reasons that the Antarctic has not seen a warming trend is due to this thinning issue.
No. Ozone is a very unstable gas and is found fairly uniformly throughout the planet. The "hole" found at each pole occurs only during the winter at each pole. If we could produce enough ozone and insert i into the area that is thin, we would see it degrade into oxygen in a few days. The layer needs the sun, which is not present during their winter months, to keep the ozone active and not decay into oxygen.
The issues would require that there be a problem if depleting ozone. The ozone layer does have two holes in it. One is over the Antarctic at the end of the winter when the sun has not created any ozone for months. The other thinning area is referred to as the dimple because it is so small and over the Arctic during it's winter. Both are due to a lack of sun during the winter months. The hole is much smaller today then in 1858 which was the largest recorded thinning of the ozone layer. This was before CFC's and due exclusively to solar flares. The current environmentalist claim to your ability to help the ozone layer though is to not use aerosols, not use air conditioning and generally avoid CFC's.
Yes, ozone levels are generally higher in the winter.
At the temperatures in the ozone layer, ozone concentrations decrease very slowly overnight. The sun's energy is required to make ozone. This is why we see the annual thinning at each pole during the end of their winter months each have almost no sunlight.
Ozone is a gas produced by the sun's reaction with oxygen. Ozone alerts in cities come from a warm sunny day. Ozone is a natural occurring gas. A great example of how this is a natural process is the "hole" in the zone layer. This occurs when then sun can not hit the ozone layer and ozone startes to decay into oxygen. That is why we only see these "holes" near the poles and only during their winter months. The ozone layer is not connected to global warming. If the atmosphere beneath the ozone layer warms, the thermocline between the troposphere and the ozone layer weakens. This then allows more water vapor to enter the ozone layer, and reduce the amount of ozone found there at any given time.
The North and South poles and nearby countries would see an increase in UV radiation especially during their winter months.
The ozone layer covers every bit of planet that is lit directly by the Sun. The sun makes ozone from oxygen. That is why the equator sees no thinning except at the poles where the sun doesn't hit it during the winter.