So What Ever Happened to that Hole in the Ozone Layer? - ...
Back in the 80s, the environmental hot button was the ozone layer. Or the big gaping hole in the middle of it, to be more precise. You never read much about it anymore, so I started to wonder what happened to the problem. Is the dwindling ozone ... [... more]
Bella Online |
The Ozone Layer: A Philosophy of Science Perspective
 Book Description: Investigating the Ozone Layer is an accessible history of stratospheric ozone, from its discovery in the nineteenth century to current investigations of the Antarctic ozone hole. Drawing directly on the scientific literature, Christie [... more]
$36.99
Amazon.com |
EPA SunWise for Kids: Ozone Layer
The ozone layer forms a thin shield high up in the sky. It protects life on Earth from the sun's ultraviolet (UV) rays. In the 1980s, scientists began finding clues that the ozone layer was going away or being depleted. This allows more UV ... [... more]
Environmental Protection Agency |
Health and Environmental Effects of Ozone Layer Depletion
Environmental Effects of Ozone Depletion and Its Interactions with Climate Change: 2006 Assessment This report by the experts who comprise the Environmental and Health Effects Assessment Panel (appointed under the Montreal Protocol) explains the ... [... more]
Environmental Protection Agency |
Switching to HFA Inhalers - Asthma
There's a big change underway for albuterol MDI users. Because of the far-reaching Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, CFC-based albuterol inhalers will no longer be produced or sold past December 31, 2008. First, you ... [... more]
Bella Online |
Protecting Ozone Layer Also Slowed Global Warming
Global warming would be substantially worse right now if not for an international agreement in the 1980s that banned the use of ozone-destroying chemicals, a new study finds. NOAA satellite image of the March 7, 2007 analysis of the Southern ... [... more]
Live Science |
The Effects of Ozone Layer Depletion
Reductions in ozone levels will lead to higher levels of UVB reaching the Earth's surface. The sun's output of UVB does not change; rather, less ozone means less protection, and hence more UVB reaches the Earth. Studies have shown that in the ... [... more]
Environmental Protection Agency |
Global Warming: Greenhouse Gases And The Ozone Layer ...
Global Warming: Greenhouse Gases And The Ozone Layer (jr. Graphic Environmental Dangers) [... more]
$8.99
A1 Books |
Burning Up: Losing Our Ozone Layer
The ozone layer protects Earth from harmful ultraviolet rays that can cause skin cancer and even blindness. In this book, students will learn what ozone is, what it does for us, and how we can stop the ozone layer from being destroyed. Colorful photos, [... more]
$20.30 (Save 4%)
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Ozone Layer
Ozone Layer [... more]
$0.89
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The Ozone Layer: A Philosophy of Science Perspective
The Ozone Layer: A Philosophy of Science Perspective [... more]
$74.78
A1 Books |
Ozone Layer Peril
Ozone Layer Peril [... more]
$15.00
A1 Books |
