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The Ozone Layer
Multiple layers of gas above the Earth form the ozone layer, which protects the life on Earth and as a result of natural and human activity it is slowly depleting. ... This paper will also discus where the ozone hole is and how it is affecting life on Earth. ... When the Ozone falls down into this part of the Atmosphere it becomes smog. ...
Stratosphere
Above the troposphere is the ‘Stratosphere’; an important region in which effects such as the Ozone Hole and Global Warming originate” (The Ozone Hole Tour). The stratosphere is where the Ozone can be found. The Ozone is the thinnest at the tropics around the equator, and it become denser as it moves towards the poles.
The main purpose of the Ozone is to keep out Ultraviolet Rays (UV Rays) that are produced from the sun; however, because of the depletion of the Ozone more and more UV Rays get through to the Troposphere every day. ...
How the Ozone is measured
Ozone is measured in Dobson units (DU) once it gets above a certain point from the earth’s surface. ...
Formation of the Ozone
The Ozone is formed “when ultraviolet radiation (sunlight) strikes the stratosphere, dissociation (or “splitting”) oxygen molecules (O2) to atomic oxygen (O). The atomic oxygen quickly combines with further oxygen molecules to form the ozone” (Part 1). “Ozone is oxygen that has undergone rearrangement from normal diatomic oxygen, O2 to form O3, the triatomic form” (Gasiorski). ... This causes for a lengthy time lag before chlorine molecules reach the stratosphere.
Ozone Studies
Depletion of the Ozone is a serious problem. The BAS research station in Antarctica took one of the first measurements of the Ozone in 1985. ...
Another team of scientist from Britain also did ozone testing of their own. ... The TOMS did not show dramatic loss of ozone because its software that processed the raw ozone data was programmed to treat very low values of ozone as dad readings.
Approximate Word count = 1495
Approximate Pages = 6
(250 words per page double spaced)
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