Can Ozone be replenished artificially?

Question

I understand that there is an ongoing debate in NASA that the ozone layer will eventually recover by itself at some point in time, but have there been any attempts at mass-producing ozone and trying to "fill the hole"? And yes, I'm aware that ozone is a poisonous gas. However, is it even possible for us to fix the hole chemically?

Coherant answers would REALLY be appreciated, thanks!

Answer 1

Actually Ozone is created by the sun...specifically by the UV light it also blocks. This is well documented and is also the reason you haven't heard much about the ozone layer in about 5 years and the focus has moved to global warming as a fundraiser.

The UV radiation causes O2 to becaome O3....in short we couldn't destroy the ozone layer even if we wanted to.

Additonally Ozone is created all the time in electronic devices, lightning, etc. Any where you have electricity and oxygen you get (some) ozone created.

THe Ironic part is ozone is toxic to you and can kill you if it's a high enough concentration. It's not a good idea to create it near the surface, animals and plants and even bacteria near your (ozone plant) would be killed off.

Leave it to the sun to keep up the good work in the upper atmosphere.

Answer 2

This idea has been thought about a lot. I've heard people say things about taking weather balloons and high voltage and creating ozone. The problem is getting the ozone up high enough where it belongs.

Ozone in low doses is not harmful. That is what you smell right before a rain. That is also what you smell around electric motors (especially DC ones), copying machines, and certain air purifiers. If you get a little too much, you may get irritated sinuses, irritated throat, and a headache.

Answer 3

Ozone can be generated fairly easily. Mercury vapor lightbulbs generate ozone, for instance. It is a poisonous gas, which has a very distinct odor, but it is lighter than air and it rises. Whether or not it would close up the hole in the ozone layer is an unknown (to me, at any rate)

Answer 4

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Answer 5

The idea is not to replenish the ozone, per se, but to decrease the compounds that deplete it to a level where the decrease is less noticable. Trying to add ozone on the scale of the South Polar region is beyond our resources.

Answer 6

Ozone (aka Trioxygen) consists of three oxygen atoms. Oxygen is all around us, and if science finds a way to make trioxygen from the oxygen around us, that might just solve the problem.

Answer 7

I also heard that the ozone layer will replenish itself with no help in time. I haven't heard of any attempts at artifical ozone, thanks for sharing that, thats interesting.

Answer 8

Yes Nasa has begun a project that says it will be completed in 40 years I think they said,

"coherent answers" Hahahaha, I know what you mean. How people always fly throught answers saying either "yes" or "no"

Answer 9

I never thought of that. Neat idea. Maybe, if it wasn't too expensive to mass produce O3 or dangerous or something. If it'll replenish itself naturally, then why do we need to make O3?

Answer 10

I don't think that we could even hope to match the output produced from the action of the sun. You mentioned why they will never try. It is too dangerous at low altitudes.