Do you think the ozone layer will ever get destroyed?

Question

What do you think will happen and how do you think it will get distroyed.

Answer 1

The earth is tough. The ozone hole is actually not a hole in the ozone, it is an area where the ozone is not as thick. It forms over Antartica because of the circular polar winds combined with the lack of sunlight during the Antartic winter. There is nothing to worry about!

Lots of propaganda has been heaped on us regarding pollution etc..It appears as though the ozone layer is actually increasing at this point anyway.

Here's the big problem. We only began observing the ozone "hole" a few years ago. We have no data on what it was doing before we started polluting the air. We can't be sure that what we are doing is really effecting it more than nature.

Here's an interesting scenario that is often overlooked. The patent was up on the profitable chemical "Freon". The patent holder had just gotten another patent on a chemical that could do the same thing as freon. The patent holder paid "environmentalists" and university idiots to freak on halide-hydrocarbons. The globe banned halide-hydrocarbons for exposures that would become largely airborne. Lots of money changed hands.

Methyl bromide is another halide hyddrocarbon that is thought to destroy the ozone. It is in the process of being banned. The wierd thing is that mankind only produces about 5% of this material. The other 95% is produced by plankton. How is it that the earth has survived a naturally occuring ozone depleting material like Methyl Bromide?

I am not suggesting that we should pollute! We need to be careful with our world. I just don't agree with trying to panic people as a way of manipulation. Logic is much better.

Answer 2

believe it or not but there was an article not to long ago (sometime this year). it talked about how the ozone layer was repairing itself BY the pulltion we create. it seems that the ozone layer has adapated to the pollution and now uses it to its benefit. i have nothing to back that up but thats what the article said in the newspaper. also i did a paper on the ozone layer and just to sum it up, its been repairing itself. this paper was done 3 years ago.

Answer 3

what a bunch ofcrybaby sissies. first, there is no ozone LAYER. ozone exists throughout all elevations of the atmosphere. it is only a little denser at the point where crazy enviri wackjobs calim the eggshell thin layer exists. ozone is created all day every day, and it is destroyed all night every night. sunlifght and lightning are what create ozone, and ozone only lasts a short time. that is why we get thinning of ozone levels at the poles, where there is no sunlight for six months at a time. then each pole gets sunlight all day for six months, and we hear nothing about the ozone replenishing

Answer 4

Yes, unless USA and Australia sign and stick to the Kyoto Accord. The more the ozone layer is depleted, the greater the chance is of global warming, and we are not that far from the point of no return.

Answer 5

yes! because all these chemicals in the air go to the ozone layer and destroy it a little bit every day. and if that continues the all the ultra-violent sunrays that should get absorbed into the ozone layer will come to earth and cause forest fires, evapoate lakes, and more!

Answer 6

Yes and its being destroyed as we speak. AIr pollution and people cutting forests are the main resons for the destruction of the O-zone layer.

Ozone is not directly emitted by car engines or by industrial operations. These sources emit hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides that react with sunlight to form ozone directly at the source of the pollution being emitted and in the atmosphere's boundary layer (1 to 3 km altitude). The mix of hydrocarbons, nitrogen oxides, and ozone are the major components of smog that frequently occurs in urban and suburban areas. Recent satellite maps of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) clearly show the worldwide distribution of polluted regions associated with industrial activity (automobiles, factories, and fossil fuel power generation).

There is a great deal of evidence to show that ozone at the earth's surface can harm lung function and irritate the respiratory system . Ozone has been found to convert cholesterol in the blood stream to plaque (which causes hardening and narrowing of arteries). This cholesterol product has also been implicated in Alzheimer's disease, suggesting a link between the inflammatory response associated with head injury and Alzheimer's. Air quality guidelines such as those from the World Health Organization are based on detailed studies of what levels can cause measurable health effects.

There is also evidence of significant reduction in agricultural yields due to increased ground-level ozone which interferes with photosynthesis and stunts overall growth of some plant species.

Although ozone was present at ground level before the industrial revolution, peak concentrations are far higher than the pre-industrial levels and even background concentrations well away from sources of pollution are substantially higher.

Ozone reacts directly with some hydrocarbons such as aldehydes and thus begins their removal from the air, but the products of ozonolysis are themselves key components of smog. Ozone photolysis by UV light leads to production of the hydroxyl radical and this plays a part in the removal of hydrocarbons from the air, but is again a step in the creation of components of smog such as peroxyacyl nitrates which are powerful eye irritants. Ultimately, ozone is one component of smog which is harmful in itself and contributes both to the production and ultimate removal of other air pollutants.

Answer 7

The Earth's ozone layer will be destroyed by the time you have your great grandchildren if we dont do anything about it. We will all burn and die, painfully, and it is being destroyed by humans as we speak.

Answer 8

a hundred more years maybe.
floods, strong typhoons/hurricanes, severe drought/el nino, huge tornados, meters of snow, basically a huge turnaround of climates around the globe.

Answer 9

Yes. By pollutions and harmful toxic cause by humans.

Answer 10

yup, because of the pollution that people did, which will cause to greenhouse effect.