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How does air pollution affect the ozone layer?
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When high energy electromagnetic waves reach the Earth’s surface, both the planet and humans are exposed to several harmful effects due to the ozone layer depletion.
For humans, direct exposure to UV rays can lead to:
Skin cancer such as melanoma, basal cells or squamous cell carcinomas.
Premature aging and other skin damage.
Eye damage such as cataract problems, photokeratitis or snow blindness.
Damage or weak the immune system.
In plants, despite being prepared and adaptable for incrasing levels of UVB, ozone layer depletion can cause problems such as: form changes on how nutrients are distributed, on developmental timing phases and on secondary metabolism.
On marine ecosystems, exposure to UVB reduce survival rates of phytoplankton and harm early developmental stages of fish, shrimp, crab, amphibians and other marine animals. Furthermore, short wave ultraviolet B (UVB) sun rays can also alter terrestrial and aquatic biogeochemical cycles.
Ozone layer depletion is obviously one of the main reasons that contribute to global warming, applying over Earth’s surface a greenhouse effect and increasing its temperature. Actions that warm our planet’s surface contribute to climate change, with direct and indirect effects in almost all ecosystems and organisms. This is why the ozone layer is so important, for the Earth, for us!
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The pollution containing pollutants such as oxides of nitrogen and sulphur dioxide causes a overall increase in the green house gases causing the green house effect which harms and gradually results in the ozone hole.
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