OZONE

 

     Ozone is three bonded oxygen molecules.  Depending on where it is in the atmosphere it can harm or protect life.  At surface level it causes respiratory problems in animals including humans.  In the troposphere it acts as a green house gas and elands to climate change.  In the Ozone layer it protects life by helping to defer UV rays.

     In the radiation spectrum Ultra Violet is more intense than the visible spectrum.  A few well known   radiation sources from least harmful to most harmful (defined by the wavelength of the wave) is infrared red, visible spectrum of light ( red orange yellow green blue indigo and violet), ultra violet, microwave, gamma

 

 

 

When we use less virgin material from the earth the less trees that have to be cut down or the less earth that has to be mined (which reduces pollution).

 

How to reduce the stratosphere Ozone depletion”

• Make sure your propellents like aerosol cans are CFC free
• Make sure new refrigerators are CFC free (in the US all brand new fridges are CFC free by law).  More importantly when getting rid of your old fridge make sure you dispose of it in a facility that will drain the fridge of CFCs
• Make sure your new air conditioners are CFC free and dispose of old ones similar to how you would dispose of CFC fridges