The ozone is depleted but not yet dead. It is depleted at some places.
The Ozone Layer of the Earth protects us from the sun. It is very good, but pollution is destroying it, and eventually we won't have much protection from the sun. This is why scientists believe that the Earth is getting warmer, otherwise known as global warming.
There was an ozone atmosphere on primitive Earth, but not an ozone layer which was formed further on. The primitive atmosphere on the surface of the Earth mostly composed by ozone was pushed upwards by the oxygen formed by dead organisms. That primitive ozone atmosphere on the surface of the Earth protected the forming microorganisms from the UV radiation. JamesWest09
No. The ozone is stratosphere is good ozone. The ozone in troposphere is bad ozone.
The tropospheric ozone is bad ozone. It acts as a pollutant.
Stratosphere ozone is good ozone. Photo chemical ozone is pollutant.
we'd be dead..
Ozone will always be present as long as we have sunlight and oxygen in our atmosphere. In order for ozone to completely disappear, we would have to be missing one of these two vital ingredients. So, the answer has to be a yes. Without the building blocks for ozone, we would be a dead planet.
In general, no. Some slime forming organisms are immune to ozone's effects. And colony forming organisms will push dead bodies between the colony and ozone. But anything else is dead.
The Ozone Layer of the Earth protects us from the sun. It is very good, but pollution is destroying it, and eventually we won't have much protection from the sun. This is why scientists believe that the Earth is getting warmer, otherwise known as global warming.
NOx is the byproduct of water vapor blocking one path of ozone production. An oxygen atom is temporarily stored in an unstable state on a nitrogen molecule (N2O*). Encountering a water molecule stabilizes the NOx. NOx does not itself decay ozone, but acts as a "getter" for water vapor (further protecting ozone). NOx is like the dead body for a stillborn ozone molecule.
There was an ozone atmosphere on primitive Earth, but not an ozone layer which was formed further on. The primitive atmosphere on the surface of the Earth mostly composed by ozone was pushed upwards by the oxygen formed by dead organisms. That primitive ozone atmosphere on the surface of the Earth protected the forming microorganisms from the UV radiation. JamesWest09
It will look really bad because we will all be dead in 2012 and the world will end.
No. The ozone is stratosphere is good ozone. The ozone in troposphere is bad ozone.
The tropospheric ozone is bad ozone. It acts as a pollutant.
You are thinking of ozone.
Most of the ozone is found there. The ozone present there is good ozone.
Stratosphere ozone is good ozone. Photo chemical ozone is pollutant.