destruction of ozone layer ....and its future future ??
By pvinay
@pvinay (210)
India
December 25, 2006 3:35am CST
The ozone layer, situated in the stratosphere about 15 to 30 km above the earth's surface, plays the important role of "space suit" that protects us living beings by absorbing harmful ultraviolet radiation (UVB) from the sun.
The ozone layer is currently being destroyed by CFCs and other substances, its depletion progressing globally except in the tropical zone
Destruction of the ozone layer increases the amount of harmful ultraviolet radiation (UVB), which in turn can result in increased cases of skin cancer, and visual impediments such as cataract. It can also hinder the growth of plants and negatively impact small living organisms, such as zooplankton, phytoplankton, shrimp larvae and the young of fish.
if the ozone layer distruction is continue ... there is no palce in this planet where we can live . so u can imagine what will the our future .
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@shooie (4984)
• United States
26 Dec 06
I know people are trying to promote programs and different things to help fight the pollution and things that is causing this to happen but lets face it with each passing generation I think people have in their mind I am old let the next ones deal with it. so it never really gets anywhere. It's sad. We just can do all we can to do our part to protect and to promote even if others don't.
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@singhshyam (5)
• India
25 Dec 06
ur very true friend ...if this will continue ....our ozone layer will be distroyed soon and we all gonna die . this is more distructive than any earth quake because in this case no building , bridge , tower will venish but human being will disappear in this earth .
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@Dolcerina (3376)
• Hungary
20 Jan 07
Yes, it is our future. The big countries can not stop the airpollution. They think it will be the problem of future.
@singhshyam (5)
• India
26 Dec 06
Ozone is a damaging pollutant in the lower atmosphere near the ground, but in the stratosphere, it shields the Earth from harmful ultraviolet solar radiation. Almost 30 years ago, scientists Mario Molina, F. Sherwood Rowland, and Paul Crutzen showed that chlorine released into the stratosphere from chlorofluorocarbons (CFC), chemicals used as refrigerants and aerosol propellants, was destroying the protective ozone layer.
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