how much ozone is burnt?

Question

did the space schuttle make another hole in the ozone or just make the hole bigger. and does tonights launch mean more bad wheather.

Answer 1

Yes, it would have contributed to to the burning of the ozone in our atmosphere, approximately equivalent to around 10% of the amount of ozone that's burnt by people lighting up a cigarette in the USA for 2 hours.

It's contribution to ozone depletion is less than 5% of what is caused by people farting and creating methane gas in an hour !

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Answer 2

The "ozone hole" over Antarctica this year has matched the record size of 29.5 million square kilometers (11.4 million square miles), the U.N. weather agency said Friday.

The area of the so-called hole a thinning in the ozone layer during the South Pole winter is the same as in the record year of 2000, according to measurements by NASA, said Geir Braathen, ozone specialist at the Geneva-based World Meteorological Organization.

But Braathen said of greater concern is that the amount of ozone gas particles remaining in the hole is even lower than in 2000, a measurement called "the mass deficit." According to the European Space Agency, the loss has been 39.8 megatons, he said.

"In a way this mass deficit is a better measure of how much ozone is depleted ... because it counts how many tons of ozone are lacking," Braathen told The Associated Press.

The thinner layer this year "will lead to more ultraviolet radiation on the ground," Braathen said.

Too much ultraviolet radiation can cause skin cancer and destroy tiny plants at the beginning of the food chain.

Thinning in the ozone layer largely due to the chemical compounds chlorofluorocarbons, or CFCs, leaked from refrigerators, air conditioners and other devices exposes Earth to harmful solar rays. Under a 1997 international treaty, most countries have agreed to reduce use of the ozone depleting chemicals, and scientists are predicting the ozone layer will eventually recover.

The hole has been forming in the extremely low temperatures that mark the end of Antarctic winter every year since the mid-1980s. Generally, the hole is biggest around late September.

This year's Antarctic winter has been very cold, the weather agency said earlier this month, which has led to greater ozone depletion. Although there has been a decrease in ozone-depleting substances over the last few years, the atmosphere is still saturated with them, it said.

According to the agency, it will take until 2065 for the ozone layer to recover and the hole over the Antarctic to close. That estimate is 15 years longer than previous predictions by the agency.

Answer 3

I would liken the shuttle launch affecting the ozone layer, as an amoeba taking a bite out of a soccer ball.

Answer 4

I promise, I'm no rocket scientist--but it would be my opinion that the space shuttle by itself is relatively insignificant as a factor that could effect either the ozone hole or the weather.

Answer 5

The shuttle did not burn any ozone and it won't affect the weather.

Answer 6

It does always seem when there is a shuttle launch bad weather seems to follow.

Answer 7

1/4 bout

Answer 8

made it bigger