ozone layer
Example Sentences
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They worry that launch emissions and vaporized space junk could damage the ozone layer and interfere with the atmosphere’s complex chemistry in other ways.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
That, scientists say, could slow the recovery of the ozone layer, which protects life by blocking ultraviolet light.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
HFCs were introduced in the 1990s to replace chemicals that had been found to erode the ozone layer, but turned out to be catastrophic for global warming.
From Barron's • May 21, 2026
"We've kind of deduced it to be UVC radiation, the radiation that exists above the ozone layer because obviously there's no filter up there", he says.
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026
In addition to war and crime and cruelty, we have to worry about environmental problems—about pollution, the growing hole in the ozone layer, the greenhouse effect, and global warming.
From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall
