Effects of Ozone Depletion

ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION

UV RADIATION INCLUDES UV-A, UV-B AND UV-C

TOO MUCH ULTRA-VIOLET LIGHT CAN RESULT IN:

SUN BURN AND PHOTO-AGING SKIN CANCER

EYE DAMAGE SUCH AS CATARACTS IMMUNE SYSTEM DAMAGE EFFECTS ON PLANTS AND PHYTOPLANKTON DAMAGE TO THE DNA

OVER EXPOSURE
SUN-BURN ACCELERATE AGING OF SKIN

SKIN CANCER

BASAL CELL CARCINOMA SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA

Non-malignant

malignant

MALIGNANT MELANOMA

SKIN PROTECTION

USING SKIN CREAMS WITH HIGH SPF USE LIP BALM WITH SPF COVER UP

EFFECT ON EYE

PHOTOKERATITIS, ALSO KNOWN AS SNOW BLINDNESS CATARACT

PROTECTION

SUNGLASSES WITH 100% UV BLOCK CAPS HATS

EFFECT ON IMMUNE SYSTEM

UV SUPPRESSES IMMUNE RESPONSE OF BODY

EFFECT OF UV-B ON DNA

DNA ABSORBS UV-B RADIATION

CHANGES SHAPE IN DNA

EFFECTS ON PLANT

HIGH UV-B EXPOSURE INDUCE SOME INHIBITION OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS

EFFECTS ON PHYTOPLANKTON
INCREASED UV-B EXPOSURE

REDUCES PRODUCTIVITY BY INTERFERING WITH PROCESSES OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS

WHAT IS BEING DONE TO COUNTER THE EFFECTS OF OZONE DEPLETION?

MONTREAL PROTOCOL (ADOPTED IN 1987)

INVESTIGATE SUBSTANCES RESPONSIBLE FOR HOLE FORMATION

BAN ON OZONE DEPLETING SUBSTANCES

SIGNS OF RECOVERY???
THERE HAVE BEEN SOME SIGNS OF RECOVERY

1997 SATELLITE SHOWED A DECLINE OF SEVERAL KNOWN OZONE-DEPLETING GASES SATELLITE IMAGES SHOW SOME SLOWING DOWN OF OZONE LOSS

HOWEVER.

Antarctica - Dec. 2005

Recovery is slow

SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION

CREATE RELIABLE MODELS ENFORCEMENT OF MONTREAL PROTOCOL MONITORING CHEMICALS BEING EMITTED GAIN A BETTER OVERALL UNDERSTANDING ON JUST HOW OZONE DEPLETION IS AFFECTING OUR PLANET
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