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ozone

[oh-zohn, oh-zohn] / ˈoʊ zoʊn, oʊˈzoʊn /


NOUN
ozone layer
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They worry that launch emissions and vaporized space junk could damage the ozone layer and interfere with the atmosphere’s complex chemistry in other ways.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

According to a new study, some of the substances that replaced ozone damaging chemicals are now responsible for spreading large amounts of a persistent "forever chemical" across the globe.

From Science Daily • Jun. 9, 2026

HFCs were introduced in the 1990s to replace chemicals that had been found to erode the ozone layer, but turned out to be catastrophic for global warming.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

"We've kind of deduced it to be UVC radiation, the radiation that exists above the ozone layer because obviously there's no filter up there", he says.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

They also knew radiation levels were higher beyond the ozone layer.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot




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