ozone layerin a sentence
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Governments have long cooperated to protect the ozone layer.
ozone layer = a layer in the stratosphere (roughly 20 miles up) containing enough ozone to block most ultraviolet radiation from the sun
- Early reports were misleading because they did not consider seasonal thinning of the ozone layer.
- The modern world was changing fast and urgent questions about the weather, deforestation, global warming, or the ozone layer often seemed answerable, at least in part, with information from the past.† (source)
- All her hair care products are singlehandedly destroying the ozone layer.† (source)
- Diesel emissions are one of the largest contributors to the destruction of the ozone layer.† (source)
- Since there was no oxygen in the atmosphere, there was no protective ozone layer around the earth.† (source)
- They also knew radiation levels were higher beyond the ozone layer.† (source)
- Let's blame the Cold War and the hostage situation in Iran and the depletion of the ozone layer on Kemp.† (source)
- That was a piece of cake next to guns and gangs and sexually transmitted diseases, not to mention the things parents had to be concerned about: pedophiles on the Web, designer drugs like ecstasy, school shootings, anorexia, bulimia, self-mutilation, the ozone layer, superbacteria.† (source)
- I think we found the answer to our problems for the ozone layer depletion," Alex teases.† (source)
- It didn't have all-wheel drive, which was a real pain in the neck during a New Hampshire winter, but I figured that saving the ozone layer was worth sliding off the road occasionally.† (source)
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- Of course, by then we won't be able to go outside because we'll get fried by the lack of ozone layer," I said, getting worked up.† (source)
- Zeus's gaze was as far away as the ozone layer.† (source)
- Hammond said, "Well, if the ozone layer gets thinner—"† (source)
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