the ozone layer is thinning

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• ozone hole — ► NOUN ▪ a region of marked thinning of the ozone layer in high latitudes, chiefly in winter, due to CFCs and other atmospheric pollutants …   English terms dictionary

• Ozone depletion — Image of the largest Antarctic ozone hole ever recorded (September 2006) Ozone depletion describes two distinct but related phenomena observed since the late 1970s: a steady decline of about 4% per decade in the total volume of ozone in Earth s… …   Wikipedia

• ozone depletion — /oʊzoʊn dəˈpliʃən/ (say ohzohn duh pleeshuhn) noun a decline in the amount of ozone in the earth s stratosphere. Ozone depletion occurs in the stratosphere in response to the breakdown of compounds such as chlorofluorocarbons containing chlorine… …  

• ozone hole — noun a region of marked thinning of the ozone layer in high latitudes, chiefly in winter, due to CFCs and other atmospheric pollutants …   English new terms dictionary

• Climate of the Arctic — The climate of the Arctic is characterized by long, cold winters and short, cool summers. There is a large amount of variability in climate across the Arctic, but all regions experience extremes of solar radiation in both summer and winter. Some… …   Wikipedia

• Science & Environmental Policy Project — The Science Environmental Policy Project (SEPP) is an Arlington, Virginia, United States based advocacy group founded in 1990 by atmospheric physicist S. Fred Singer [http://www.sepp.org/bios/singer/biosfs.html] . The group disputes the… …   Wikipedia

• Antarctica — /ant ahrk ti keuh, ahr ti /, n. the continent surrounding the South Pole: almost entirely covered by an ice sheet. ab. 5,000,000 sq. mi. (12,950,000 sq. km). Also called Antarctic Continent. * * * Antarctica Introduction Antarctica Background:… …   Universalium

• environment — environmental, adj. environmentally, adv. /en vuy reuhn meuhnt, vuy euhrn /, n. 1. the aggregate of surrounding things, conditions, or influences; surroundings; milieu. 2. Ecol. the air, water, minerals, organisms, and all other external factors… …   Universalium

• Montreal Protocol — For other similarly named agreements, see Montreal Convention (disambiguation). The largest Antarctic ozone hole recorded as of September 2006 The Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer (a protocol to the Vienna Convention… …   Wikipedia

• Sunburn — A sunburn is a burn to living tissue such as skin produced by overexposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation, commonly from the sun s rays. Exposure of the skin to lesser amounts of UV will often produce a suntan. Usual mild symptoms in humans and… …   Wikipedia

• organohalogen compound — Introduction  any of a class of organic compounds (organic compound) that contain at least one halogen (halogen element) ( fluorine [F], chlorine [Cl], bromine [Br], or iodine [I]) bonded to carbon. They are subdivided into alkyl, vinylic, aryl,… …   Universalium