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Stratospheric Ozone 2000 m—0.8 bar 5500 m—0.5 bar (18,000 feet)
nm 75% of Mass below 17 km >390 nm
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Blackbody Radiation Image courtesy of Wikipedia:
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Sunlight Spectrum UVA=320-400 nm UVB=280-320 nm UVC=<280 nm
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Stratospheric vs. Tropospheric Ozone
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Ozone Depletion O2 + hv (<240 nm) O + O O + O2 O3
O3 + O 2O2 (Naturally slow) O3 + Cl O2 + ClO ClO + O O2 + Cl O3 + O 2O2 (Catalytically fast) Cl can catalyze destruction of O3 100,000 times
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Reactions
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Overall ~5% Global Decrease in Stratospheric Ozone Predicted
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Cancer Causing DNA Breakage due to UV rays
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Melanoma Image courtesy of Wikipedia:
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Carcinomas Image courtesy of Wikipedia:
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Shift in Norms Image shared with CC BY-SA 3.0 courtesy of Fotopedia:
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Antarctic Ozone Depletion (Spring)
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Antarctic Ozone Hole
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Polar Vortex, Spring Image courtesy of NASA
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Polar Stratospheric Clouds (PSC)
Antarctic Spring Polar Vortex Stratospheric clouds made of ice (nitric acid) Sunlight initiate reactions Heterogeneous chemistry (on particles)
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Index Card How can we solve this problem?
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Solutions
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Regulations
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Solved? By 2050 Hydro Halocarbons (HFCs) Single manufacturer (Dupont)
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