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The ozone layer is growing slow. This is due to ozone depletion by CFC's.
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What is the Antarctic ozone layer?
The Antarctic ozone layer is the ozone layer over Antarctic. It is being depleted fast.
Why is the zone layer depleing?
The ozone layer is depleting at a very fast rate. It is because of the human released ozone depleting substances.
What percentage is ozone in the atmosphere?
In the ozone layer, ozone concentration is ~10 ppm. Ozone concentrations drop very fast from there. Figure 2ppm or less overall (0.0002%)
How fast is the ozone layer disappearing?
There is no clear evidence that the ozone layer is monotonically disappearing. Sometimes the hole is larger than others, and we believe the Kyoto protocol (banning CFCs) limited the damage we were doing to the ozone layer. Eventually those CFCs will leave the tropopause, but there will still be an ozone hole. In the winter at the poles, there is little UV to make new ozone. So if there is any water vapor, ozone will be naturally depleted.
Can depletion to the ozone layer cause changes to the biogeochemical cycles?
Yes the depletion of the ozone layer can cause changes to the biogeochemical cycles because the fast and unusual heating of the earth will throw off the natural balance.
Will recovery of the ozone layer be a rapid or a slow process if so why?
It can be slow or fast. It depends upon how CFC's are released.
What is the purpose of the ozone layer in the stratosphere?
the ozone layer is actually in the stratosphere. when that layer gets depleted, the UV rays penetrate into the troposphere and eventually form ozone there. the ozone formed there is the tropospheric ozone. this ozone however has a short photochemical life in the troposphere and thus disintegrates too fast to consolidate its structure.
How does the ozone layer affect us on earth?
The ozone layer protects your eyes from developing cataracts (as fast). So Sight. The ozone layer protects your skin from developing tumors (as fast). So Touch. The ozone layer protects the rest of the surface world, including birds, and crops, and without it you would have nothing to eat except dirt and rock, and no animals to hear, so Taste, Smell (since it is an important part of Taste), and Hearing.
How could the depletion of the ozone layer endanger living things?
basically without the ozone layer, our the earth would burn into a crisp and we would all die but it doesn't happen that fast. it takes a few minutes to burn up in a crisp before we al die
The earth is warming up very fast threatning both plant and animal life how is it caused?
In very general terms, global warming is a product of two simultaneous occurrences: the depletion of the ozone (O3) layer and the build-up of greenhouse gasses. The ozone layer forms a protective gas layer in the atmosphere that blocks some of the sun's radiation. As the ozone layer is depleted, this protection becomes less and less effective. The build-up of greenhouse gasses (CO2, etc) forms an insulating layer that keeps heat from Earth from escaping into space, just as a coat will keep you warmer on a cold winter's day.
What does a country's rate of natural increase indicate?
How fast it's population is growing each year
What are some technological advantages of the ozone layer?
It is an odd question. So I will answer what has technology not been called on to handle, because ozone protects the Earth's surface from short wave UV and monatomic oxygen? Elastomers exposed to direct sunlight last much longer. Paints don't bleach as fast.
