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.
SAVING THE OZONE: Part three in our series exploring on the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer â dubbed âthe worldâs most successful environmental agreementâ â explains why we need an ozone layer. The ozone layer acts as a filter for the shorter wavelength and highly hazardous ultraviolet radiation (UVR) from the sun, protecting life on Earth from its potentially harmful effects. When the sky is clear, there is an inverse relationship between stratospheric ozone and solar UVR measured at the Earthâs surface.