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On the Web
- Wikipedia: Ozone Layer - Encyclopedia article that explains what the ozone layer is, and why we need it.
- The Ozone Layer - Answers several frequently asked questions about the ozone layer.
- ESA Kids: Losing the Ozone Layer - Explains why we need the ozone layer, and has a picture of the ozone hole viewed from space.
- What is Depletion of the Ozone Layer? - Tells how ozone is broken apart by the Sun's powerful rays, and by human-made chemicals.
- The Ozone Layer: What's Going On Up There? - Explains how the ozone layer is being depleted, and what you can do about it.
- EPA SunWise for Kids: Ozone Layer - Tells why we need ozone in the stratosphere to live, how CFC's destroy ozone, and what you can do about it.
- The Ozone Hole Tour - An overview of the ozone layer and the development of the ozone hole over the Antarctic.
- Stratospheric Ozone Monitoring and Research in NOAA - Provides a comprehensive technical primer on the ozone layer and its depletion, as well as access to real-time and historical monitoring data, descriptions of instruments used to detect ozone, and related information and links.
- Handbook for International Treaties on Substances that deplete the Ozone Layer - Includes the Montreal Protocol, which sets the "elimination" of ozone-depleting substances as its "final objective," and follow-on agreements.
- The Science of Stratospheric Ozone Depletion - Union of Concerned Scientists primer on the ozone layer, its importance, the effects of human-produced chemicals, and prospects for the future.
Wikipedia Articles
- Ozone layer - The ozone layer is a layer in Earth's atmosphere which contains relatively high concentrations of ozone (O3). This layer absorbs 97-99% of the sun's high frequency ultraviolet light which is potentially damaging to life on Earth.
- International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer - September 16 was designated by the United Nations General Assembly as the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer. This designation was made on December 19, 1994, in commemoration of the date, in 1987, on which nations signed the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer.
- Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer - The Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer is a multilateral environmental agreement. It was agreed upon in Vienna in 1985 and entered into force in 1987.
- Dobson unit - The Dobson unit (DU) is a unit of measurement of atmospheric ozone, specifically ozone in the stratospheric ozone layer. One Dobson unit refers to a layer of ozone that would be 10 µm thick under standard temperature and pressure.
- Montreal Protocol - The Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer is an international treaty designed to protect the ozone layer by phasing out the production of a number of substances believed to be responsible for ozone depletion. The treaty was opened for signature on September 16, 1987 and entered into force on January 1, 1989 followed by ...