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What is an ozone hole?

In the stratosphere, approximately from 12 to 50 km above the Earth's surface, there is a layer of air, which contains an increased amount of triatomic oxygen - ozone O, (ordinary atmospheric oxygen forms a diatomic molecule 0₂). The ozone layer protects all life on the planet from exposure to some of the sun's ultraviolet radiation.

This layer can be destroyed, i.e., the ozone content in it can decrease and its protective effect can be weakened. Probably, this is how the "ozone hole" is formed. It is believed that this is due to the ingress of freons into the atmosphere - fluorine- and chlorine-containing gases, widely used for all kinds of sprays and in refrigeration. At first, this phenomenon was observed only in the region of the South Pole, but then a decrease in the ozone content was also detected over the Arctic.

Author: Mendeleev V.A.

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