Ozone in the stratosphere protects earth from radiation (otherwise we would all be fried double quick) but in the troposphere it becomes a GHG, adding to the woes created by carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide.
Not exact matches
Up
in the
stratosphere, the
ozone layer absorbs harmful UV radiation coming from space —
protecting humans, animals and plants from the damage UV does.
On Earth, temperature inversion occurs because
ozone in the
stratosphere absorbs much of the sun's ultraviolet radiation, preventing it from reaching the surface,
protecting the biosphere, and therefore warming the
stratosphere instead.
At a symposium
in Germany last week, atmospheric chemists debated for the first time whether aircraft should be banned from the
stratosphere in order to
protect the
ozone layer.
On Earth,
ozone absorbs UV
in the
stratosphere,
protecting our world from a lot of the Sun's harmful radiation.
'' «It all amounts to a mystery, but a troubling one because
ozone protects life at the surface from incoming ultraviolet radiation, and any thinning of total
ozone in the
stratosphere is cause for concern.
In the
stratosphere, we find the «good»
ozone that
protects life on Earth from the harmful effects of the Sun's ultraviolet rays.