Because it is said that the ozone layer is the main barrier against Ultra-violet rays coming from the Sun, and such rays may increase skin cancer and also can increase global warming.
Whether you believe man has anything to d o with the thinning of the south poles ozone or not, you should care about this layer. Without this layer we would have severe problems with too much UV-B. The ozone layer is absolutely responsible for the ability of life to exist on this planet.
The stratospheric ozone layer is the layer that protects the earth from UV radiation which is harmful to all life forms. Over the years pollution and other things have cause destruction to the ozone layer and began to break it down and deplete it's ability to protect the planet. Eventually, if this continues, the ozone layer will disappear and UV rays will destroy the earth.
Destruction of ozone by CFC's is a great deal of worry. They decompose and keep on depleting ozone.
Yes you do. It is an important environmental issue.
By considering the concentrations of ozone in the recent times it can be surely said that the ozone is disappearing from the ozone layer present in the stratospheric region of the atmosphere. This disappearing of ozone is the main cause of the phenomenon of ozone hole. this ozone hole is nowadays becoming a serious worry on the foreheads of the modern scientists as this ozone hole could allow the harmful ultraviolet radiations to reach the surface of earth and cause harmful problems to the human race which include the skin cancer, suppression of immune system, eye cataract etc.
Assuming the object did not contain lots of chlorine, bromine or water vapor to have long term effects on the ozone layer, then the objects "below" them would be just as dead, but the rest of Earth would just have to worry about the dust thrown into the air. If it landed in the ocean, or in another sulfur pocket, the rest of Earth would have a lot more to worry about than some additional ozone depletion.
Don't worry, I assure you that the earth will continue to thrive on normally. In order to keep your planet alive, maybe you could help the ozone layer and your environment.
It is ultraviolet rays. Ultraviolet rays are very harmful, a little bit wil cause you to have sun burn. And the sun produces lots of ultraviolet rays. A tan is a symtom of the sun has damaged your skin. But don't worry you can still go to the beach the ozone layer destroy most of them. However, CFCs are destroying ozone. They will come to a total ban at 2010.
Ozone depletion means that there is less ozone than there was. We worry about ozone depletion in the upper atmosphere. At the surface, the less the better; it's poisonous.
Not enough to worry about.
Scientists have began to worry about CFC's. They are going up in atmosphere and destroying ozone.
Firstley you would be dead because if the earths ozone layer no longer exists then everything will die because the ozone layer or atmosphere controls our earths temperature ADDED: Assuming it never had an atmosphere, No, you would not be dead. You would never have existed.