About the earth's ozone layer.?

Question

If a spaceship can exit the earth and go to the moon and mars, why can't pollution exit our "ozone layer?"

It's like the earth is wearing a big contact aroundi it.

Answer 1

It could, if we packed it up in the spaceship and shipped it out. But this "pollution" is not going to defy gravity and leave Earth. (Would be nice if it could)

Answer 2

It is not the ozone layer that is keeping the pollution in. It is gravity.

Some pollution does make it up to the ozone layer and may react with it (ozone is, chemically, a very active gas). Sometimes it "unpollutes" the pollution but, at other times, it hinders the production of ozone (e.g., chlorine atoms are bad for the ozone layer).

Spaceships can escape because they have engines pushing them against Earth's gravity (and against the atmospheric friction).

Molecules (including molecules of pollution) do not have engines. They move around because they absorb heat. They slow down when they hit other molecules in the atmosphere.

When they are high enough in the atmosphere, the only source of heat is sunlight. That is their "engine".

Some of the lighter molecules will reach escape velocity and "leak" into space if they don't bump into other molecules on the way out. Heavier molecules need more energy to reach the same speeds, therefore they will leak a lot less.

Pollutants are, in general, heavier molecules. They can leak out but only at a very slow rate. They are more likely to react with other molecules (and change our air) rather than leak out. That is why we call then pollutants.

Answer 3

The ozone harm isn't the only contributor to the international climate shift we are seeing as of those days. the significant contributor is somewhat the carbon emissions from vehicles and potential technology centers. The holes interior the ozone layer in basic terms permit extra infrared radiation from the solar into the earth the place the the CO2 and CO that we've released into the ambience capture this warmth from being released out of the earth. to respond to your 2d element, study have shown that for the period of spite of the very undeniable fact that Earth has had some climate shifts, the present acceleration of this climatic shift is unlike something we've considered until now and so needless to say the extra speedy p.c.. is the effects of human strikes.

Answer 4

Pushing a piece of metal through the ozone layer is quite a bit different than expecting gas diffusion to selectively cause pollution to escape. Also, where do the molecules of pollution go to get enough energy to achieve escape velocity?

Doug

Answer 5

Firstly, the spacecraft goes through the atmosphere. It doesn't open up a hole for itself. Secondly, pollution is made up of particles. They're held in the atmosphere by gravity, the same way the atmosphere itself is.

Answer 6

Greenhouse effect