Essays Tagged: "stratosphere"

Ozone, Acid rain, and Solid Waste polution in Newfoundland, Canada.

ms, similar to the oxygen we breathe (O2), however oxygen consists of only two oxygen atoms. In the stratosphere, a region high up in the upper atmosphere, light rays are responsible for the breaking ... is band of concentrated ozone resides approximately between twenty and forty kilometers high in the stratosphere. The ozone layer reactions that both create and destroy ozone has come into a dynamic e ...

(15 pages) 168 2 4.2 Nov/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Atmospheric Sciences

The Environmental Effects Associated with Industrialization

oblem soon, the results may be disastrous.There is a layer of chemicals twenty kilometers up in the stratosphere called the ozone layer. This layer protects the inhabitants of earth by reflecting much ... r. These chemicals have industrial halocarbons that break up into chlorine and bromine in the upper stratosphere when they react with the sun's rays. Chlorine eats up the ozone layer while bromine act ...

(6 pages) 194 1 4.0 Jan/1997

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

General Global Warming

in a variety of industrial, commercial, and household applications. Ozone, the gas developed in the stratosphere protects the Earth from the ultraviolet waves, but the CFCs are implicated in the accel ...

(3 pages) 66 0 3.0 Dec/2002

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

Describes in simple terms the problems facing the ozone layer, including the problem of CPC's and the emergence of a "hole"---includes bibliography

tly. For example, ozone has a very pungent smell and a slight blue color. The ozone layer is in the stratosphere, the second layer of the atmosphere, and is located approximately ten to forty kilomete ... n to create a problem when they release their chlorine atoms. This process occurs as they reach the stratosphere, which is the only place this reaction can take place, and they tend to attack ozone mo ...

(8 pages) 87 1 5.0 Mar/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Atmospheric Sciences

The Ozone Layer: What Does It Do And What Happens When It's Gone?

es and what is causing it to be depleted must be understood.The ozone layer is a section in Earth's stratosphere that sits between ten and fifty miles above the surface. The ozone layer is a protectiv ... y decrease the global warming effect on Earth instead of increasing it (Introduction). Ozone in the stratosphere is beneficial to life on Earth, but ozone at ground level is harmful to living things. ...

(5 pages) 73 0 5.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences > Meteorology

The Ozone Layer.

e, extends from the Earth's surface up to about 10 kilometers (km) in altitude. The next layer, the stratosphere, continues from 10 km to about 50 km. Most atmospheric ozone is concentrated in a layer ... forms of marine life.At any given time, ozone molecules are constantly formed and destroyed in the stratosphere. The total amount, however, remains relatively stable. While ozone concentrations vary ...

(4 pages) 56 0 1.0 Jul/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

The Ozone hole,what causes the hole, what are some of the effects that it has on humans and animals,and what is being done to try in slow down the process.

olve in rain (Haas 2001). So, after a period of time theses CFCs, which contain Chlorine, reach the stratosphere and begin to destroy the ozone (Haas 2001).So, what are CFCs? Manmade CFCs compounds we ...

(4 pages) 65 0 4.7 Nov/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences > Geography

Ozone layer Depletion and the future effects it will have on the population. Harmful effects of the Ultraviolet rays.

ycles" as well as the effects of supersonic transport aircraft that release nitrogen oxide into the stratosphere.2 In 1974, Molina and Rowland found that human-made chlorofluorocarbons used for making ... for several decades due to their long tropospheric lifetimes. These compounds are carried into the stratosphere where they undergo hundreds of catalytic cycles with ozone.4 They are broken down into ...

(3 pages) 64 1 4.7 Nov/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

Environmental effects.

r" alternative to both the CFCs and their transitional replacement.The hole in the ozone layera.The stratosphere - 10 to 50 km above the Earth's surface - contains ozone which absorbs some of the more ...

(17 pages) 508 0 4.1 Nov/2003

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Ozone Layer Speech Outline

cause of ozone depletion. CFC's are very heavy, they stay close to the ground and do not affect the stratosphere. Volcano's put out approx 10X more times chlorine than man produces. Ozone Center of WA ... e to seasonal changes.I. Staying lowa. The weight of CFC's makes it impossible for them to harm the stratosphere. Here are a few examples; air 29, nitrogen 32, CFC's over 100, Hydrogen 2, O2 16.b. Vol ...

(3 pages) 153 1 2.7 Mar/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

"Ozone Depletion...Give Me a Break!" This essay explains the myths and rumors about ozone depletions and CFC's. It has much information, but lacks sources. One of my better controversial papers.

s government began pursuing super sonic transports. These would be planes which would travel in the stratosphere, very close to the ozone layer. The first environmentalist complaints were actually of ...

(4 pages) 61 0 4.8 May/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

Depletion of the Ozone Layer: Its causes, effects, and possible solutions

10 kilometers in altitude. All human activities take place in the troposphere. The next layer, the stratosphere, continues from 10 to 50 kilometers. Most commercial airline traffic occurs in the powe ... continues from 10 to 50 kilometers. Most commercial airline traffic occurs in the power part of the stratosphere. Most atmospheric ozone is concentrated in a layer in the stratosphere, about 15 to 30 ...

(11 pages) 89 0 4.3 Jul/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

The Ozone Layer and how it effects Earth

re. The layer sits at an altitude of about 10 to 50 kilometers, with a maximum concentration in the stratosphere at an altitude of approximately 25 kilometers. In recent years, scientists have measure ... s, reduction in the growth of phytoplankton found in the Earth's oceans, and cooling of the Earth's stratosphere and possibly some surface climate effect.Ozone is created naturally in the stratosphere ...

(1 pages) 36 2 2.0 Mar/2005

Subjects: Science Essays > Atmospheric Sciences

The Atmosphere and Air Pollution: Mexico City

earth's surface. This layer contains the elements to support life and is where weather occurs. The stratosphere extends from about seven to thirty-one miles out and contains ozone that acts as a shie ...

(2 pages) 41 0 1.7 Jul/2005

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

Atmosphere.

r. As you near the top of the troposphere the temperature decreases to as much as -60 degrees F.The stratosphere covers about the next forty miles and as you go higher into the stratosphere the temper ... next forty miles and as you go higher into the stratosphere the temperature again rises. Above the stratosphere, from about thirty miles to fifty miles is the mesosphere here the temperature again fa ...

(6 pages) 75 1 4.2 Oct/2005

Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences

Antarctic Ozone Hole

role that the ozone plays in absorbing solar energy and determining the temperature profile for the stratosphere. Through their investigations the scientists saw that the ozone followed a regular seas ... e chlorine is formed by a reaction between stable molecules that are located on small clouds in the stratosphere, which can only form in the intense cold of winter. The stable molecules then obtain th ...

(2 pages) 26 0 4.3 Mar/2006

Subjects: Science Essays > Atmospheric Sciences

Human activities harming earth.

that, when we turn on the air conditioner, we use Freon gas and when this Freon gas goes up to the Stratosphere where the Ozone layer is. And that Freon gas destroys the Ozone layer, so by that, we g ...

(2 pages) 21 0 0.0 May/2006

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

Our Ozone Layer: Past, Present and Future

facts on ozone depletion and what we can do about it.The ozone layer refers to the ozone within the stratosphere, where over 90% of the earth's ozone resides. The ozone layer absorbs 97-99% of the sun ... ral influence is large explosive volcanoes. An eruption places aerosols and chlorine into the lower stratosphere. Although this can have major effects on localized weather patterns, the effect on glob ...

(3 pages) 36 1 3.8 Dec/2006

Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences

The Permian Extinction

's atmosphere, the vaporized material would react over time and form small particles in the Earth's stratosphere (Knoll, Bambach, Canfield, and Grotzinger (1996). These dust particles would then block ... obal volcanism would be the emission of large amounts of SO2. This gas forms small particles in the stratosphere which scatter incoming sunlight away from the earth, and thus cause global cooling for ...

(7 pages) 17 0 5.0 Apr/2001

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Global Warming

ul compounds that are released into the air mainly by industrial factories. When the CFCs reach the stratosphere, UV rays produced by the sun strike the compound causing the chlorine atom to break awa ... but the molecule is very stable and does not dissolve in water. After several years, CFCs reach the stratosphere, (the place where ozone is produced and destroyed) and being ozone depletion. The life ...

(4 pages) 98 0 5.0 Sep/2001

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science