ANNOUNCEMENT: COMMERCIAL CANNABIS IS PROHIBITED IN RIVERSIDE COUNTY! Currently cannabis businesses, including cultivation, are illegal in the unincorporated areas of Riverside County. The County is investigating potential cannabis regulations. Please visit the Cannabis webpage to learn more.
These gases, through several chemical reactions, cause the ozone molecules to break down, reducing ozone's ultraviolet (UV) radiation-absorbing capacity. Because our atmosphere is one connected system, it is not surprising that ozone depletion and global warming are related in other ways.For example, evidence suggests that climate change may contribute to thinning of the protective ozone layer. Figure 1. Seasonal thinning of the ozone layer above Antarctica.eople, plants, and animals living under the ozone hole are harmed by the solar radiation now reaching the Earth's surfaceâwhere it causes health problems from eye damage to skin cancer. The ozone hole, however, is not the mechanism of global warming.
The ozone layer is mainly found in the lower portion of the stratosphere, from approximately 20 to 30 kilometres (12 to 19 mi) above Earth, though the thickness varies seasonally and geographically.he ozone layer absorbs 97â99% of the Sun's medium-frequency ultraviolet light (from about 200 nm to 315 nm wavelength), which otherwise would potentially damage exposed life forms near the surface.