Does the equator contain more ultraviolet rays per amount of area than other places such as Canada?

Question

Why or why not???

Answer 1

While it is true that the ozone does block ultraviolet rays and there is a stronger ozone layer at the equator than at the poles, that does not mean that the earth does not encounter more UV rays at that latitude than at the poles, it just means that because of the ozone, fewer UV rays get through to the ground.

In truth, the greatest concentration of UV rays will come from the latitude that is most directly aimed at the sun at any given time. As the earth revolves around the sun each year, that latitude slowly changes (due to the tilt of the earth's axis).

During late June, the latitude at the Tropic of Cancer is aimed almost directly at the sun and so that is where the UV rays are concentrated most. In late December it is the Tropic of Capricorn. But the Equator is aimed directly at the sun twice a year, at the Vernal and Autumnal Equinox, so the most complete answer to your question would be as follows:

Yes the upper layers of the earth encounter more UV rays at the equator than at places like Canada, but because of the ozone layer being stronger at the equator than at the poles, fewer of those UV rays actually make it to the surface of the earth at the equator compared to places like Canada.

Answer 2

The equator contains less ultraviolet rays because the ultraviolet rays are blocked by the ozone layer.
Near the poles there are holes in the ozone which leads the ultraviolet rays to enter the atmosphere.
Hence there is more uultraviolet rays as we go away from the equtor.

Answer 3

No..
The ozone layer blocks ultraviolet rays..
There is a large hole in the ozone layer over antarctica and a
small hole in the ozone layer over the arctic...
"Hole" meaning a deficiency of ozone....

Answer 4

Yes, so HEAD NORTH, until the ICE starts to build up again. 'Cause the next ICE AGE will follow this global warming thing.