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 is so thin in this part of the world that the weather report on the nightly news includes five-minute sunburn alerts. Ozone is Earth's natural sunscreen. The ozone layer in the upper atmosphere, or stratosphere, absorbs harmful ultraviolet rays from the sun.In the 1980s, scientists discovered that manmade chemicals destroy ozone to the point where an actual ozone hole occurs.The good news is that this hole isn't getting any larger.he ozone is so thin in this part of the world that the weather report on the nightly news includes five-minute sunburn alerts. Ozone is Earth's natural sunscreen. The ozone layer in the upper atmosphere, or stratosphere, absorbs harmful ultraviolet rays from the sun.