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 Why is it Very Important to Save the Ozone Layer 

The ‘Ozone Layer’ is very important for our Earth, if it is completely destroyed then life on Earth will come to an end.

What is an Ozone Layer?

In simple language, the ‘Ozone layer’ is a delicate shield of gas which helps us to save our life on earth by protecting the earth from the harmful effects of ultraviolet rays of the sun. If this shield of ‘ozone layer’ gas gets mixed with the gases of our atmosphere, then it will be difficult for humans to breathe.

What Do Scientists Say?

‘Ozone layer’ is a layer of ozone molecules which is found in the stratosphere layer of the atmosphere between 20 to 40 km of our Earth. When ultraviolet rays from the sun break down the oxygen atoms and these oxygen atoms combine with the oxygen present in our atmosphere, then this bonding forms ‘ozone molecules’ and from this ‘ozone layer’ is formed in the atmosphere.

 

Disadvantages of ‘Ozone Layer’ Depletion?

About 99% of the ultraviolet rays emanating from the sun are absorbed by the ‘ozone’, so that all the people living on the earth, including trees and plants, are protected from high temperature and radiation. That is why the ‘Ozone Circle’ or ‘Ozone Layer’ is also called the protective shield of the Earth. Most scientists believe that without this ‘ozone layer’ the existence of life on Earth could end. If this ‘ozone layer’ is not protected, it can have a very bad effect on the life of all people, the life of plants and animals, and even life under water is under threat. The depletion of the ozone layer disturbs the natural balance. There is more heat than winter, which is also called ‘global warming’ in scientific language. Apart from this, the lack of ‘ozone layer’ is also becoming the biggest threat to health and nature.

 

In the modern era, due to the continuous increase in the use of Chloro Fluoro Carbons (CFC) gas in comfortable things like fridge, AC, cleaning of electronic parts, etc., the rate of hole in the ‘ozone layer’ is increasing.  A single particle of gas destroys a million particles of ozone, slowing down the formation of the ‘ozone layer’ in the polar parts of the atmosphere. Due to this slow speed, it is natural to have holes in the ‘ozone layer’, due to which in 2006 there was a 40% reduction in the ozone layer over Antarctica, which was named ‘ozone hole’.

The Threat of ‘Global Warming’

One of the examples of the destructive form of nature is the hole in the ‘Ozone Layer’ in the Earth’s atmosphere. It is the result of damage to this important layer that today the biggest threat like ‘Global Warming’ is looming on the Earth.

What Happened to the Treaty in Montreal?

To protect the ozone layer, 46 nations signed the Montreal Treaty, which took effect on January 1, 1989, although it has undergone 7 amendments so far. It is believed that if the international agreement is fully complied with, the ‘ozone layer’ can be fully expected to recover by 2050.

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