What’s Happening with the Ozone Hole?

• Main Author: Ridgen, Jenny
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: University of Canterbury 2002
• Subjects: Antarctic; Gardiner; The Antarctic; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10092/14031

Discovered by Schonbein in 1839, ozone (03) is a highly reactive and toxic form of oxygen with a pungent smell. It occurs both naturally and as an atmospheric pollutant at ground level. Ozone is found in low concentrations in the stratospheric layer of the earth's atmosphere, 10 to 50 km above...