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Ozone layer, is it disappearing?. Protects against Ultraviolet radiation. UV-radiation can give you skin cancer There is: UVA, UVB and UVC UVC most dangerous UVA least dangerous UVC stopped by ordinary oxygen UVB stopped by Ozone UVA not stopped.
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Protects against Ultraviolet radiation • UV-radiation can give you skin cancer There is: • UVA, UVB and UVC • UVC most dangerous • UVA least dangerous • UVC stopped by ordinary oxygen • UVB stopped by Ozone • UVA not stopped
The ozone miracle • Ozone is created when UVC collide with ordinary oxygen. UVC is completely stopped by oxygen • Oxygen is created when UVB collide with ozone. • Ozone will never disappear
Important facts about ozone • Thinnest at equator • Thickest at the northern hemisphere • Only ozone hole around south pole • Most ozone is produced at the equator and transported by the winds to the north and south.
Ozone layer will never disappear in the future. We have stopped dangerous HFC-gases that made the ozone layer thinner.