Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion 2018: Twenty Questions and Answers About the Ozone Layer

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Figure Q1-1: Ross J. Salawitch (Lead Author), David W. Fahey, Michaela I. Hegglin, Laura A. McBride, Walter R. Tribett, Sarah J. Doherty, Twenty Questions and Answers About the Ozone Layer: 2018 Update, Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion: 2018, World Meteorological Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, 2019.

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Twenty Questions and Answers About the Ozone Layer: 2018 Update
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Introduction
Q1: What is ozone, how is it formed, and where is it in the atmosphere?
Q2: Why do we care about atmospheric ozone?
Q3: How is total ozone distributed over the globe?
Q4: How is ozone measured in the atmosphere?
Q5: How do emissions of halogen source gases lead to stratospheric ozone depletion?
Q6: What emissions from human activities lead to ozone depletion?
Q7: What are the reactive halogen gases that destroy stratospheric ozone?
Q8: What are the chlorine and bromine reactions that destroy stratospheric ozone?
Q9: Why has an "ozone hole" appeared over Antarctica when ozone-depleting substances are present throughout the stratosphere?
Q10: How severe is the depletion of the Antarctic ozone layer?
Q11: Is there depletion of the Arctic ozone layer?
Q12: How large is the depletion of the global ozone layer?
Q13: Do changes in the Sun and volcanic eruptions affect the ozone layer?
Q14: Are there controls on the production of ozone-depleting substances?
Q15: Has the Montreal Protocol been successful in reducing ozone-depleting substances in the atmosphere?
Q16: Does depletion of the ozone layer increase ground-level ultraviolet radiation?
Q17: Is depletion of the ozone layer the principal cause of climate change?
Q18: Are Montreal Protocol controls of ozone-depleting substances also helping protect Earth's climate?
Q19: How has the protection of climate by the Montreal Protocol expanded beyond the regulation of ozone-depleting substances?
Q20: How is ozone expected to change in the coming decades?
Appendix: Terminology		-
Appendix: Acknowledgements		-

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Twenty Questions and Answers About the Ozone Layer: 2018 Update

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Introduction

Q1: What is ozone, how is it formed, and where is it in the atmosphere?

Q2: Why do we care about atmospheric ozone?

Q3: How is total ozone distributed over the globe?

Q4: How is ozone measured in the atmosphere?

Q5: How do emissions of halogen source gases lead to stratospheric ozone depletion?

Q6: What emissions from human activities lead to ozone depletion?

Q7: What are the reactive halogen gases that destroy stratospheric ozone?

Q8: What are the chlorine and bromine reactions that destroy stratospheric ozone?

Q9: Why has an "ozone hole" appeared over Antarctica when ozone-depleting substances are present throughout the stratosphere?

Q10: How severe is the depletion of the Antarctic ozone layer?

Q11: Is there depletion of the Arctic ozone layer?

Q12: How large is the depletion of the global ozone layer?

Q13: Do changes in the Sun and volcanic eruptions affect the ozone layer?

Q14: Are there controls on the production of ozone-depleting substances?

Q15: Has the Montreal Protocol been successful in reducing ozone-depleting substances in the atmosphere?

Q16: Does depletion of the ozone layer increase ground-level ultraviolet radiation?

Q17: Is depletion of the ozone layer the principal cause of climate change?

Q18: Are Montreal Protocol controls of ozone-depleting substances also helping protect Earth's climate?

Q19: How has the protection of climate by the Montreal Protocol expanded beyond the regulation of ozone-depleting substances?

Q20: How is ozone expected to change in the coming decades?

Appendix: Terminology

Appendix: Acknowledgements