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Ozone Depletion

What is stratospheric ozone? What is ozone depletion? What’s happening to the Ozone Hole?

For some background on ozone and depletion visit the site of the Australian Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities – http://www.environment.gov.au/atmosphere/ozone/ozone.html – what

How is ozone destroyed? The Bureau of Meteorology has a good explanation.

http://www.bom.gov.au/lam/Students_Teachers/ozanim/ozoanim.shtml

How does ozone affect ultra violet radiation that can lead to skin damage? Have a look at question 4 in this link is to the United Nations Environment Programme Scientific Assessment panel site where they answer some of the FAQs

http://ozone.unep.org/Assessment_Panels/SAP/Scientific_Assessment_2010/SAP-2010-FAQs-update.pdf

What has been happening to the ozone hole? Here is a recent report form the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research organization (CSIRO) – insert link to report I have given you

And here is another link to a great national Aeronautical and Space Administration (NASA) site about the the ozone hole and other interesting stuff –

http://ozonewatch.gsfc.nasa.gov/