whats the difference between the Greenhouse effect and ozone holes?

Question

I have an essay on the differences between the Greenhouse effect and ozone holes, does anyone know of any websites or can help me?

Answer 1

Ozone depletion:
there are many chemicals and agents that we use on a daily basis, many people are unaware of the damage these can cause. As these element raise above, they damage the protective layer which keeps oxygen,hydrogen and monoxide in. This protective layer is basically an umbrella to shield us from the harmful rays of the sun...as it is depleted, more and more damaging rays will continue to reach the surface of the earth and cause all types of disease and problems.

Green House Effect:
Over the years, Ozone depletion has taken it's tole on our icebergs and ice caps. As these begin to melt, our water and sea levels begin to rise. It is like placing a lid on boiling water, steam will begin to boils and thus "global warming" will accrue....... Warmth continues to grow faster than we can control and our green earth will begin to dry up, in time we will become a dessert and need more sunscreen just to exist on the surface...
" we can't stop the damage that's been done but we can slow it down and allow mother nature to heal....



Q. What is the greenhouse effect? Is it the same as the ozone hole issue?

A. No, they are two different (but related) issues.The greenhouse effect issue concerns the warming of the lower part of the atmosphere, the troposphere (the layer in which temperature drops with height; it is about 10-15 kilometers thick, varying with latitude and season), by increasing concentrations of the so-called greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, ozone, and others) in the troposphere. This warming occurs because the greenhouse gases, while they are transparent to incoming solar radiation, absorb infrared (heat) radiation from the Earth that would otherwise escape from the atmosphere into space; the greenhouse gases then re-radiate some of this heat back towards the surface of the Earth.

The ozone hole issue concerns the loss of ozone in the upper part of the atmosphere, the stratosphere, resulting from increasing concentrations of certain halogenated hydrocarbons (such as chlorinated fluorocarbons, known as CFCs). Through a series of chemical reactions in the stratosphere, the halogenated hydrocarbons destroy ozone in the stratosphere. This is of concern because the ozone blocks incoming ultraviolet radiation from the Sun, and portions of the ultraviolet radiation spectrum have been found to have adverse biological effects.

The greenhouse effect and ozone hole issues are, however, related. For example, CFCs are involved in both issues: CFCs, in addition to destroying stratosphere ozone, are also greenhouse gases. It has traditionally been thought there is not much mixing of the troposphere and stratosphere. But there is recent evidence of transport of stratospheric ozone into the troposphere (see "Ozone-rich transients in the upper equatorial Atlantic troposphere," by Suhre et al., Nature , Vol. 388, 14 August 1997, pages 661-663, and the related discussion paper, "Ozone clouds over the Atlantic," by Crutzen and Lawrence, on pages 625-626 in the same issue of Nature ). So ozone depletion in the stratosphere could result in reduced concentrations of this greenhouse gas in the troposphere. Conversely, global climate change could also affect ozone depletion through changes in stratospheric temperature and water vapor (see "The effect of climate change on ozone depletion through changes in stratospheric water vapour," by Kirk-Davidoff et al., Nature, Vol. 402, 25 November 1999, pages 399-401). [RMC]

Answer 2

The greenhouse effect is a proposition that the accumulation of certain gases in the atmosphere acts like a greenhouse. This is generally accepted as true as without these gases, the earth would be bombarded by heat and solar radiation, with more cosmic radiation added, and then at night would cool to well below freezing. In fact that is why our atmosphere allows us to live here. What is now the controversial "greenhouse effect" is the assumption that while the planet is going through a warming period of its cold then warm cycle, there is an accumulation of excess greenhouse gases from the combustion of fossil fuels and methane released by domesticated animals etc. This accumulation is called anthropomorphic greenhouse gas and is due to human actions on the planet. It is claimed that this is solely due to human actions and should be stopped or the earth will warm excessively and cause severe problems. Not all scientists who study climate agree with this contention but it has become a political cause at this time. Carbon dioxide is created by the combustion of these fossil fuels.

Answer 3

Greenhouse Effect is the warming of the earth. Ozone holes deal with the burning of it with radiation.

Answer 4

greenhouse effect - pretend u have a glass box... heat from the sun will go into the glass box and it wont be able to escape causing it to get reallly hot.. which leads to gloabl warming...

and ozon holes are something different... the purpose of the ozon layer is to protect the radiation from the sun... but when the there are holes the radiation has a stronger force and hits the earth directly...

Answer 5

They are just different concepts about eh environment. The greenhouse effect is the idea that we are creating so much pollution that it is raising the average temperature of the earth. This is bad b/c it is unnatural. The earth regulates itself, and it is not good for humans to change things about that. Holes in the ozone layer are also created from polution. This is where is pollution eats away at the layer around the earth that protects us from the suns rays. Good luck

Answer 6

Greenhouse effect ... and Ozone...
Well, Greenhouse makes everything hotter on Earth, while Ozone Holes make use get more radiation from the sun and is less likely to protect us well from cosmo stuff flyin' into us.

Answer 7

greenhouse effect is caused by excess emission of certain gases like carbon dioxide,sulphur dioxide etc. these gases absorb energy &move to the excited state. while going back to ground state they release energy which appears as heat
ozone hole on the other hand, r due to excessive emmission of chloroflurocarbon ,this compound undergoes a series of reaction
this holes found over antarctica the process is a bit complex

Answer 8

greenhouse effect is just heat being trapped inside the atmosphere, holes is holes.