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I am at a 35°
Adults breathe about 20,000 times each day. When you are breathing,
you just inhaled oxygen made up of only two atoms. Ozone is made up of
ordinary oxygen but two, three oxygen(O3). This is the only
difference between oxygen(O2) and ozone(O3).
Although ozone is all around us in the air, it is rare. In every million molecules of air, fewer than ten of the molecules are ozone. It occurs naturally about 10 to 30 miles above the Earth's surface(stratosphere) and shields us from sunburn, skin cancer and eye problems. Plants are also protected from crop damage. Bad ozone is at Ground-level. This plays quite a different role and forms from a chemical reaction between NOx, VOCs, oxygen and sunlight. The sunlight provides heat which transforms NOx and VOCs into ozone. The formation of ground-level ozone is highest in hot. Ozone reacts with Ox to form NO2 and, as urban areas tend to have higher levels of Ox than rural areas.
Good ozone A large "ozone hole" was discovered above the continent of Antarctica
during the springtime in 1985 and has reappeared annually, generally expanding
each year.
Scientists mostly blame Chlorofluorocarbons, a chemical used in an early form of refrigerant that they now realize was released into the atmosphere in larger quantities than forecast. As a result, the international agencies now say that injury to the Earth's ozone layer could take a quarter of a century longer to heal than previously expected. Governments have responded to the threat of disappearing ozone. In September
1987, representatives from around the world met in Montreal to forge an
unprecedented agreement called the Montreal Protocol. Countries agreed
to keep their production of CFCs at 1986 levels, then cut production and
CFC use in half over the next ten years. Since then, countries have agreed
to phase out ozone-destroying compounds except for essential uses. Furthermore,
industries have been successful in finding many ozone-friendly substitutes
for CFCs but still all the older model refrigerators and car air-conditioning
systems in the United States and Canada that are releasing ozone-killing
chemicals. Both countries curbed those chemicals in newer products, it's
hard to eliminate old one completely.
High altitude Be especially careful about exposure to the sun at high altitudes. Sun
exposure increases 4% for each 1000 feet of elevation above sea level.
When a child is hiking at high altitudes, sunburn can occur quickly. The
higher the elevation, the greater the UV exposure
High latitude UV is strongest at the equator. The average annual exposure of a person
living in Hawaii (20 degrees N) is approximately four times that of someone
living in northern Europe (50 degrees N).
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I am at a 35° latitude
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