{"id":884,"date":"2020-12-24T15:44:14","date_gmt":"2020-12-24T20:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kanat.site\/planet\/?page_id=884"},"modified":"2020-12-31T01:42:52","modified_gmt":"2020-12-31T06:42:52","slug":"ozone-in-the-atmosphere","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kanat.site\/planet\/?page_id=884","title":{"rendered":"Ozone in the atmosphere"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">Ozone is an interesting molecule because it absorbs infrared (IR) radiation (heat) emitted from Earth\u2019s surface, and ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun. It is regarded as a greenhouse gas because it absorbs heat. It is the only greenhouse gas that also absorbs incoming UV radiation and therefore protects us from the harmful UV rays that cause skin cancer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/kanat.site\/planet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/uvabcir.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-915\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator aligncenter has-text-color has-background has-accent-background-color has-accent-color is-style-wide is-style-wide--1\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Ozone, O<sub>3<\/sub>, absorbs IR and UV because is just the right molecular size. UVC (100-280 nm) is the most damaging type of UV radiation, yet most of it is absorbed by atmospheric ozone. UVB (280-315 nm) is responsible for delayed tanning, burning, and skin cancers. UVA (315-400 nm) is the most common UV wavelength reaching Earth\u2019s surface and is responsible for the tanning; it also promotes skin ageing and skin cancers. As the ozone layer becomes thinner, more ultraviolet light makes its way to Earth\u2019s surface. It is best to stay covered up when the sun is out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/kanat.site\/planet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/ozoneMolecule.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-896\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator aligncenter has-text-color has-background has-accent-background-color has-accent-color is-style-wide is-style-wide--2\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Chlorofluorocarbons (CFC) are synthetic molecules used in firefighting equipment, coolants in refrigerators and air conditioner, and as degreasers. These use CFC molecules are also, unfortunately, a greenhouse gas. That is, CFCs absorb heat emitted from Earth&#8217;s surface and have some responsibility for global warming. Worse, however, is that CFCs destroy ozone. A reduction in ozone allows more harmful UV rays to pass through Earth&#8217;s atmosphere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/kanat.site\/planet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/cfcConcentration.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-919\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator aligncenter has-text-color has-background has-accent-background-color has-accent-color is-style-wide is-style-wide--3\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>The concentration of atmospheric ozone is reduced in cold temperatures &#8212; that is why the thinning of the ozone layer was first noticed over the polar regions. When the atmospheric concentration of ozone is high, then the incoming harmful ultraviolet rays are reduced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"384\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/kanat.site\/planet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/ozoneConcentration.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-890\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator aligncenter has-text-color has-background has-accent-background-color has-accent-color is-style-wide is-style-wide--4\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kanat.site\/planet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/quoteCancerResearch-1024x359.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-892\" width=\"768\" height=\"269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kanat.site\/planet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/quoteCancerResearch-1024x359.png 1024w, https:\/\/kanat.site\/planet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/quoteCancerResearch-300x105.png 300w, https:\/\/kanat.site\/planet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/quoteCancerResearch-768x269.png 768w, https:\/\/kanat.site\/planet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/quoteCancerResearch.png 1120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator aligncenter has-text-color has-background has-accent-background-color has-accent-color is-style-wide is-style-wide--5\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>The ultraviolet index is a good measure of when it is safe to be outside. When the ultraviolet index is less than two, then sunscreen is not necessary. Check the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/sunsafety\/uv-index-1\">local ultraviolet index<\/a> every day before going outside and take appropriate actions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"256\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/kanat.site\/planet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/ozoneUVindex.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-894\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator aligncenter has-text-color has-background has-accent-background-color has-accent-color is-style-wide is-style-wide--6\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kanat.site\/planet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/quoteWingspreadConference-1024x281.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-893\" width=\"768\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kanat.site\/planet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/quoteWingspreadConference-1024x281.png 1024w, https:\/\/kanat.site\/planet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/quoteWingspreadConference-300x82.png 300w, https:\/\/kanat.site\/planet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/quoteWingspreadConference-768x211.png 768w, https:\/\/kanat.site\/planet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/quoteWingspreadConference-1200x329.png 1200w, https:\/\/kanat.site\/planet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/quoteWingspreadConference.png 1399w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ozone is an interesting molecule because it absorbs infrared (IR) radiation (heat) emitted from Earth\u2019s surface, and ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun. It is regarded as a greenhouse gas because it absorbs heat. It is the only greenhouse gas that also absorbs incoming UV radiation and therefore protects us from the harmful UV rays [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/template-full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-884","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kanat.site\/planet\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kanat.site\/planet\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kanat.site\/planet\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kanat.site\/planet\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kanat.site\/planet\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=884"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/kanat.site\/planet\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/884\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":949,"href":"https:\/\/kanat.site\/planet\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/884\/revisions\/949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kanat.site\/planet\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}