What harm is caused by the loss of the ozone layer?

Answer 1

This answer is the same as for a half dozen more ways to ask this exact question.

1. Increased UV-B arrives at Earth's surface, bringing increased amounts of cancer, mutation, decrease in crop yields, and loss of arable land.
2. Increased swings in day-night temperatures, since ozone is a greenhouse gas.

The ozone layer is not "lost". The ozone layer is self-healing. Ozone is made continually by the Sun. Contaminants simply depress the average concentration of ozone along a vertical path between Earth's surface and the Sun. The ozone hole itself is a natural repeating occurrence.

Answer 2

The loss of the ozone layer can lead to increased levels of ultraviolet (UV) radiation reaching the Earth's surface, which can cause skin cancer, cataracts, and suppress the immune system in humans. It can also harm marine life, damage crops, and disrupt ecosystems.

Answer 3

Ozone depletion is the process where ozone holes are created in the ozone layer. It is caused due to the action of chloro-floro-carbons on the ozone molecule to break it down to oxygen.

Answer 4

There are losses caused by ozone layer. These losses are to humans and to animals.

Answer 5

We are losing the ozone layer due to the use of CFC's. They react with ozone to deplete it.

Answer 6

The loss of ozone layer is ozone depletion. It is caused by natural and man made processes.

Answer 7

If we lose the ozone layer, the UV rays will neter the earth. There will be no more life as the UV rays will destroy it all.