ozone layer
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- noun
- /ˈoʊzoʊn ˈleɪər/
- Specialized
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capa de ozono
- The ozone layer protects living organisms by filtering out harmful ultraviolet radiation from the sun.
- stratospheric ozone layer
- ozone layer depletion
- protect the ozone layer
Without the ozone layer, life as we know it would not exist.
- Without the ozone layer, life as we know it would not exist.
- And then he talks about let's not affect the ozone layer.
- And then we talked about a chemistry problem, CFCS, and we talked about how those were destroying the ozone layer of this planet.
- And if it does, these are high energy particle, high energy light, and it first takes out the ozone layer.
- Because on Mars, without an ozone layer, the UV would be quite hostile to any biology on the surface.
- Good scientist thought the ozone layer was depleting.
- Like cow farts affect the ozone layer more than let's to try to reach for, to, to make sense an apple.
- Just recently, the new scream that Starlink would damage the ozone layer and that four of Musk's satellite fall out of orbit each day.
Examples
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An example of this is depletion of the ozone layer by chlorofluorocarbons.
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Scientists issued reports detailing the hole in the ozone layer above Antarctica in 1985.
Academic text (1996) -
Without the ozone layer, life as we know it would not exist.
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The ozone layer is down to 40 percent.
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The development of the atmospheric ozone layer had a very significant impact on the evolution of life on our planet.
Academic text (1992) -
If there is a hole in the ozone layer, how come I can't see it?
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Indeed, they are already upon us in the form of the depleted ozone layer.
Academic text (1990) -
For now, humankind is still the biggest threat to the ozone layer.
Academic text (1996) -
Our focus will be on the depletion of the ozone layer, global warming, and climate change.
Academic text (1992) -
Several chemicals tend to deplete the stratospheric ozone layer, which shields human beings from harmful levels of ultraviolet radiation.
Academic text (1998)
Synonyms
A layer in the upper atmosphere that absorbs most harmful ultraviolet light
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound combines 'ozone' (a protective O3 gas) and 'layer' (a stratum), so its meaning ‘a stratum of ozone in the atmosphere that protects Earth from UV’ is directly derivable from the constituents. This composition is literal and cross-linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily understand the term.
Etymology
The noun ozone layer names a thin layer of the gas ozone high above the Earth that acts like a 'sunscreen' by absorbing the sun's harmful rays. So it means the band of gas that protects life on Earth from the sun's strong rays.