Greenhouse Effect, And Ozone Depletion
But there is a significant pending problem in the ozone layer. Each year, a large hole appears in it. It is not an actual hole, like a hole in a pocket, but a thinning in the layer that shows up on satellite pictures. The "hole" is located over Antarctica. It covers an area about the size of the United States. Experiments done in Antarctica show that the hole in the ozone layer appears to let in twice as much ultraviolet radiation as normal, according to measurements researchers made there only about two years ago. Over the whole Earth, the ozone layer has been depleted, or weakened, by an average of about 2 percent, scientists say
Experts are concerned that extra radiation getting through to Earth's surface could lead to problems in the future. During the next century, extra ultraviolet radiation could cause millions of new cases of skin cancer. Scientists say that synthetic chemicals called chlorofluorocarbons are responsible for eating the hole in the ozone layer.......
View the rest of this paper...
Approximate Word Count: 295
Approximate Pages: 2 (250 words per double-spaced page)
Why should you join Frat Files?
- - It's safe, secure, and private.
- - Instant access to over 100,000 papers. New papers are added hourly.
- - Fast and reliable customer support.
Similar Essays
-
Greenhouse Effect, And Ozone Depletion
greenhouse effect, and ozone depletion. But there is a significant pending problem
in the ozone layer. Each year, a large hole appears in it. ... -
Chemistry At Work: Co2 And The Greenhouse Effect
... we will soon be able to discern exactly the so-called greenhouse effect. ... Health and
Climate Change: Modeling the Impacts of Global Warming and Ozone Depletion. ... -
Ozone Depletion
... to the ozone problem, but is a factor to the greenhouse effect (Goldfarb 290 ... hydrogen
in place of the deadly chlorine, but still contribute to ozone depletion. ... -
Global Warming
... Change and Ecosystems (1986) Bright, M., The Greenhouse Effect (1991) Fisher, David
E., Fire and Ice: The Greenhouse Effect, Ozone Depletion, and Nuclear ... -
Air Pollution
... solutions to the problems of acid rain, global warming and ozone depletion. ... problem
caused by air pollution is global warming or the "greenhouse effect". ...
Frat Files
Members
Information
