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if global warming makes the ozone layer thick and traps in the sun's u.v ray how do they keep coming if its to thick to come back out

2007-04-12 15:27:59 · 3 answers · asked by PRINCE A 1 in Environment

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The most simple explanation: light energy comes in and hits earth --> then it changes to heat energy --> heat energy cannot escape (gets absorbed by atmosphere).

Similar in concept (but not exactly) to a greenhouse. Sunlight passes through the atmosphere (like the glass in a greenhouse) and hits the earths surface (ground, water, streets, plants, you). The sunlight warms the surface (the ground gets hot, your skin gets warmed, etc.) heat can also be called infrared radiation. This heat gets absorbed in the atmosphere by greenhouse gases.

I have spared much of the physics to keep it simple.

But also understand that global warming and or greenhouse gases (H2O and CO2 mostly) dont make the ozone layer thick. They do add to the atmosphere which is probably what you mean.

2007-04-12 20:37:02 · answer #1 · answered by vandergraaff27 2 · 0 0

Global warming is not directly linked with the ozone layer. The high altitude ozone layer blocks UV, the type of light that cause sunburns.
Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, the greenhouse gas that is usually implied when talking about global warming, is reflective to infra red. The sun puts very little energy in the form of infra red, comparatively speaking. However, the sun's visible light that is absorbed by the soil is turned into and reflected as infra red rays. The CO2 in the atmosphere then traps this IR and reflects it back to the ground, causing a blanketing effect.
If the energy radiated back into space is less than the energy received from the sun, the planet will progressively get warmer.

2007-04-12 22:39:23 · answer #2 · answered by Vincent G 7 · 0 0

You are REALLY confused.

Global warming does not make the ozone layer thicker and the ozone layer keeps the Sun's UV rays OUT, not in.

Global warming is the result of too much carbon dioxide (and other gasses, but not ozone) in the air trapping the Sun's heat in.

2007-04-12 22:40:20 · answer #3 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 0 0

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