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The ozone layer protects the Earth's surface from harmful UV rays. With a hole in the ozone, the effect is actually that more rays/energy get through to the earth's surface, not that anything can escape. With the increasing CO2 content, the atmosphere is also retaining the heat much more efficiently. The ozone layer is not a blanket on your bed, it's more like the tint on your car windows.

2007-01-06 15:20:50 · answer #1 · answered by ladybugewa 6 · 1 0

The ozone hole and global warming are two separate issues. Global warming is caused by heat trapped by carbon dioxide. Ozone in the stratosphere filters UV-B rays that is harmful to living organisms. Ozone does not trap heat.

2007-01-06 23:31:42 · answer #2 · answered by Ms. K. 3 · 0 0

First let me clarify that the ozone hole isn't some kind of vent to the outside space, it's just areas of low ozone concentrations. ozone layer absorbs the harmful UV radiation coming from space.

As for the global warming, "greenhouse effect" gases such as CH4 and CO2 absorb the reflected long-wave radiation from earth in their molecular structures thus raising the earth temperature. these gases are not equally distributed in the atmosphere and can't be vented outside earth.

2007-01-07 06:49:01 · answer #3 · answered by A.G.H 2 · 0 0

the hole in the ozone lets more heat in which gets trapped in the ozone

2007-01-06 23:19:01 · answer #4 · answered by josh m 1 · 0 0

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