Sentences with phrase «ozone in the stratosphere protects»

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.

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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.
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