Twenty Questions

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71Ozone depletion / Oxygen / Chemical elements / Atmosphere / Ozone / Chlorine monoxide / Stratosphere / Chlorine / Catalysis / Chemistry / Matter / Oxidizing agents

TWENTY QUESTIONS Q9: What are the chlorine and bromine reactions that destroy stratospheric ozone? Reactive gases containing chlorine and bromine destroy stratospheric ozone in “catalytic” cycles made up of two or m

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Language: English - Date: 2006-01-21 00:21:42
72Radioactivity / Health / Nuclear accidents / Ionizing radiation / Radiation / Radioactive contamination / Nuclear and radiation accidents / Chernobyl disaster / Bird / Medicine / Radiobiology / Nuclear physics

TWENTY-ONE QUESTIONS, AND ANSWERS, ABOUT RADIATION AND SUBSISTENCE HARVESTED BIRDS AND OTHER RESOURCES IN ALASKA

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Language: English - Date: 2011-10-13 16:16:00
73Ozone depletion / Millennium Development Goals / Oxygen / Radiative forcing / Greenhouse gas / Montreal Protocol / Ozone / Chlorofluorocarbon / Tropospheric ozone / Environment / Atmospheric sciences / Earth

TWENTY QUESTIONS Q18: Is depletion of the ozone layer the principal cause of climate change? No, ozone depletion itself is not the principal cause of climate change. However, because ozone is a greenhouse gas, ozone cha

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Language: English - Date: 2006-01-21 00:22:21
74Ozone depletion / Oxygen / Atmosphere / Ozone layer / Ozone / Volcano / Mount Pinatubo / Atmosphere of Earth / Solar cycle / Geology / Earth / Environment

TWENTY QUESTIONS: 2006 UPDATE Q14: Do changes in the Sun and volcanic eruptions affect the ozone layer? Yes, factors such as changes in solar radiation, as well as the formation of stratospheric particles after volcanic

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Language: English - Date: 2007-03-27 17:49:34
75Ozone depletion / Atmosphere / Oxygen / Ozone layer / Ozone / Dobson unit / Stratosphere / Atmosphere of Earth / Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion / Atmospheric sciences / Earth / Environment

TWENTY QUESTIONS Q4: Is total ozone uniform over the globe? No, the total amount of ozone above the surface of Earth varies with location on time scales that range from daily to seasonal. The variations are caused by st

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Language: English - Date: 2006-01-21 00:21:16
76Earth / Oxygen / Millennium Development Goals / Greenhouse gases / Ozone layer / Ozone / Montreal Protocol / Chlorofluorocarbon / Nitrous oxide / Environment / Ozone depletion / Chemistry

TWENTY QUESTIONS Q20: When is the ozone layer expected to recover? The ozone layer is expected to recover by the middle of the 21st century, assuming global compliance with the Montreal Protocol. Chlorine- and bromine-c

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Language: English - Date: 2006-01-21 00:22:28
77Ozone depletion / Atmosphere / Oxygen / Ozone layer / Ozone / Dobson unit / Stratosphere / Atmosphere of Earth / Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion / Earth / Atmospheric sciences / Environment

TWENTY QUESTIONS: 2006 UPDATE Q4: Is total ozone uniform over the globe? No, the total amount of ozone above the surface of Earth varies with location on time scales that range from daily to seasonal and longer. The var

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Language: English - Date: 2007-03-27 17:42:04
78Greenhouse gases / Oxidizing agents / Refrigerants / Organofluorides / Ozone layer / Chlorofluorocarbon / Montreal Protocol / Ozone / 1 / 1 / 2-Trichloro-1 / 2 / 2-trifluoroethane / Chemistry / Environment / Ozone depletion

TWENTY QUESTIONS: 2006 UPDATE Q7: What emissions from human activities lead to ozone depletion? Certain industrial processes and consumer products result in the emission of “halogen source gases” to the atmosphere.

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Language: English - Date: 2007-03-27 17:45:26
79Earth / Ozone depletion / Atmosphere / Oxidizing agents / Environmental chemistry / Ozone layer / Ozone / Tropospheric ozone / Stratosphere / Chemistry / Environment / Oxygen

TWENTY QUESTIONS: 2006 UPDATE Q2: How is ozone formed in the atmosphere? Ozone is formed throughout the atmosphere in multistep chemical processes that require sunlight. In the stratosphere, the process begins with an o

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Language: English - Date: 2007-03-27 17:41:02
80Ozone depletion / Oxygen / Atmosphere / Ozone layer / Ozone / Ultraviolet / Tropospheric ozone / Stratosphere / Sunlight / Environment / Earth / Atmospheric sciences

TWENTY QUESTIONS Q3: Why do we care about atmospheric ozone? Ozone in the stratosphere absorbs some of the Sun’s biologically harmful ultraviolet radiation. Because of this beneficial role, stratospheric ozone is cons

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Language: English - Date: 2006-01-21 00:21:12
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