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WHAT DOES OZONE GAS HAVE TO DO WITH GLOBAL WARMING?
Ozone Gas is both benefitial and detrimental to the environment and organic material depending on where it is located. When this gas is in the stratosphere the O3 molecule (ozone gas) shields the earth from the UV radiation also known as the Ozone Layer.

When this gas is in the lower atmosphere (troposphere), ozone gas is a poisonous gas and a critical compound of photochemical smog. So the same gas that is so important for survival for the human race is also dangerous to organic material.

The only way Global Warming and Ozone have a sure link is the fact that they are both effected by man-made greenhouse gases. For the ozone, its CFCs, which the United States have fought for years to get rid of all uses of this chemical. Other than this, ozone does not have a for sure sign of connect to Global Warming.

Here's something you may not have heard, everytime lightning flashes, O3 ozone gas is produced. Every time a volcanoe erupts the ozone layer is damaged by the massive amounts of toxins put in the air, especially the sulfates which create a base for chlorine gases which destroy the O3 ozone molecule.

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NASA - JPL - JET PROPULSION LABORATORY - Troposheric Spectrum Spectrometer - Ozone in the troposphere and the damage it causes.

(CONFIRMED WITH DATA)

Ozone is drawing particular attention. Ozone is a cousin of the oxygen molecule on which we depend for life. While the oxygen molecule consists of two oxygen atoms, the ozone molecule consists of three. That extra atom makes a big difference, in some ways that benefit us, and in other ways that are harmful.

About 90% of the ozone in our atmosphere resides in the stratosphere, where it protects humans and other living things by absorbing much of the ultraviolet (UV) portion of sunlight before it can reach us and cause skin cancer, cataracts, agricultural damage, and other problems. Until relatively recently, the amount of ozone in the stratosphere has been regulated by a natural process in which it is generated by the action of sunlight on oxygen molecules, and destroyed in reactions with other naturally occurring airborne gases.

But beginning in the 1970s, scientists discovered that the natural balance between production and removal was being disrupted by certain chemicals, especially the chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) that were commonly used in refrigeration and as spray-can propellants. Photochemical reactions with these compounds have been accelerating the rate at which ozone is destroyed, causing a general thinning of the ozone layer worldwide and a seasonal hole over Antarctica.

Ozone is a natural occurring gas that can be both beneficial and detrimental to organisms on Earth. It is important that sufficient amount of this pale blue gas is present in the stratosphere, where O3 molecules would shield most of the UV radiation from reaching Earth. However, in the lower atmosphere, ozone gas is poisonous, and is a component of photochemical smog. A critical environmental issue nowadays concerns with the ozone depletion in the stratosphere. Many artificial chemicals have contributed to the "hole", and the effect of such depletion is devastating to all creations. Preventive measures from the government have been taken, and it is hoped that the ozone hole would not continue to grow.

Ozone is naturally produced in the stratosphere. When the sun supplies enough energy through radiation (UV), the following reactions occur: (Production of ozone by the sun)

SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY - Natural principles of Ozone Gas.

(FACTS - Principles of Nature)

NASA - JPL - JET PROPULSION LABORATORY - Troposheric Spectrum Spectrometer - Ozone in the troposphere and the damage it causes.

(CONFIRMED WITH DATA)

While ozone is an asset in the stratosphere, however, it has a mixed impact when it resides lower down, in the troposphere - the bottom layer of the atmosphere, which extends from the ground to where the stratosphere begins, at an altitude of about 16 km (10 miles). This, of course, is where we live. It is also where most weather takes place.

On the positive side, ozone reacts with water vapor and sunlight to form OH (the hydroxyl radical), which is known as the "detergent" molecule because of its proclivity for reacting with air pollutants and turning them into more benign substances. But on the other hand, ozone is toxic to plants and animals, including people. It is the source of photochemical smog, which is becoming a worldwide problem. And in the upper troposphere, ozone acts as a very efficient greenhouse gas, and may contribute to global warming.

It's difficult to determine how best to address the problem of ozone in the troposphere because the processes of ozone formation and destruction are exceedingly complex, and its global distribution is largely unknown and greatly complicated by the troposphere's turbulent weather systems. TES is helping to fill this important knowledge gap.

Since major volcanic eruptions temporarily thin the ozone layer in the stratosphere, Tilmes and her colleagues looked into the potential impact of geoengineering plans on ozone over the poles. Sulfates from volcanoes provide a surface on which chlorine gases in the cold polar lower stratosphere can become activated and cause chemical reactions that intensify the destruction of ozone molecules, although the sulfates themselves do not directly destroy ozone.

The new study concluded that, over the next few decades, hypothetical artificial injections of sulfates likely would destroy between about one-fourth to three-fourths of the ozone layer above the Arctic. This would affect a large part of the Northern Hemisphere because of atmospheric circulation patterns. The impacts would likely be somewhat less during the second half of this century because of international agreements that have essentially banned the production of ozone-depleting chemicals.

The sulfates would also delay the expected recovery of the ozone hole over the Antarctic by about 30 to 70 years, or until at least the last decade of this century, the authors conclude.

UCAR (UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH) - NCAR (NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH) - Stratospheric Injections to Counter Global Warming Could Damage Ozone Layer

(MUST CONFIRM WITH DATA)

ADRIAN COLLEGE CHEMISTRY DEPARTMENT - The Ozone Layer: An Introduction

(CONFIRMED WITH DATA)

The ozone layer is a layer of gas, which is made up of three oxygen atoms.It is created when oxygen gas is broken down by sunlight.The oxygen molecules that are apart bond to other molecules and form ozone.The Ozone is broken down as well to form oxygen gas.This cycle is how ozone maintains the same amount.Ozone is extremely poisonous, however, even when breathing a very small amount of the gas.Ozone gas does help in the prevention of Ultraviolet sunrays getting through the atmosphere, which are harmful to humans.