The Atmospheric Ozone Layer

A complete report regariding the source, causes and impact of the atmospheric ozone layer on the environment A complete and clearly written repoty. Nice effort. The stratospheric ozone layer exists at altitudes between about 10 and 40km depending on latitude, just above the tropopause. Its existence is crucial for life on earth as we know it, because the ozone layer controls the absorption of a portion of the deadly ultraviolet (UV) rays from the sun. UV-A …showed first 75 words of 2408 total…

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