Sentences with phrase «ozone layer sees»

Mid-1980s: Ozone layer sees a noticeable decline from its average level of about 300 DU.

In the mid-latitude stratosphere, for example, the decreases in the ozone layer seen in the 1980s and 1990s have not continued.

Not exact matches

Long - lived chlorine species, such as chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), led to depletion of the stratospheric ozone layer in the 1980s, most drastically seen in the Antarctic.

Within a few hours, a superflare on the sun could fry Earth and begin disintegrating the ozone layer (see # 2).

Without magnetic protection, these particles would strike Earth's atmosphere, eroding the already beleaguered ozone layer (see # 5).

The Ozone Satellite, 1991 - 2011: It proved the damage caused by CFCs, helped predict climate changes, and saw the beginning of the recovery of the ozone lOzone Satellite, 1991 - 2011: It proved the damage caused by CFCs, helped predict climate changes, and saw the beginning of the recovery of the ozone lozone layer.

«During September we typically see a rapid ozone decline, ending with about 95 percent depletion in that layer by October 1.

It proved the damage caused by CFCs, helped predict climate changes, and saw the beginning of the recovery of the ozone layer.

«During September we typically see a rapid ozone decline, ending with about 95 percent depletion in that layer by October 1,» Bryan Johnson, a researcher at the Earth System Research Laboratory, said in a press release.

We might not be able to see the CO2 rising into the atmosphere just as we were not able to see the CFCs that were going into the Ozone layer and destroying it like little Pac - Men gobbling away at these molecules that protect us from the suns more caustic rays.

Ozone amounts in the depletion layer are the lowest seen in the 21 year record of ozone profile measurements at the South Ozone amounts in the depletion layer are the lowest seen in the 21 year record of ozone profile measurements at the South ozone profile measurements at the South Pole.

The ozone layer however can be seen as «lying on the wrong side of the blankets».

To test this theory, we decided to see if there was any relationship between the concentration of ozone in the ozone layer, and the phase change conditions.

The aim of the so - called stratospheric controlled perturbation experiment, or SCoPEx, is to see if sulphate ions would undermine measures to rebuild the ozone layer.

In a world without the Montreal Protocol, two - thirds of the ozone layer would have been destroyed by 2065, and the UV index, a measure of the strength of the sun's ultraviolet rays, would have tripled, with the tropics seeing a particularly large increase in UV rays reaching Earth's surface.

By eliminating these harmful substances, the ozone layer, our fragile protection from the sun's ultraviolet rays, sees less damage.

Atmospheric concentrations of LLGHGs have increased (see Chapter 2) and are expected to continue to increase, with consequences for the ozone layer.

This week, it's a paper on bromine - and iodine - mediated ozone loss in marine boundary layer environments (see a good commentary here).