How do the greenhouse gases affect the ozone layer?

Answer 1

1. Ozone is itself a greenhouse gas.
2. Water vapor is a greenhouse gas, and it serves to deplete ozone (water vapor blocks one path of ozone production, and provides an additonal decay path).
3. Carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas that has no effect on ozone.

Any gas with three or more atoms per molecule is a greenhouse gas (like CFCs). For the most part, any of these gases in the atmosphere (with the exception of those listed above) are in too small a quantity to have any significant effect on global temperatures, whatever effect they may eventually have on ozone.

Another answer

The burning of fossil fuels, which are ancient plants and animals, compressed and heated, is a large contributor to the greenhouse gases. There is a lot of carbon in the fossil fuels, and when they are burned, the carbon is released. The carbon then creates carbon dioxide, which is what creates a lot of greenhouse gases. The greenhouse gases warm our planet, altering ecosystems and life. They also can cause depletion of the ozone layer.

Answer 2

Greenhouse gases primarily contribute to global warming by trapping heat in the atmosphere. They do not directly affect the ozone layer. Ozone-depleting substances, such as chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and halons, are responsible for ozone layer depletion.

Answer 3

Greenhouse effect causes ozone depletion.The reverse is also true.

Answer 4

Greenhouse gasses do not affect the ozone layer, it is CFCs that do that (fridge gasses and hairspray propellants.

Answer 5

Greenhouse gases cause global warming. And thus global warming causes ozone depletion.

Answer 6

Greenhouse gases affect the ozone layer by decreasing it's temperature. Low temperature ozone depletes much faster.