destruction of the ozone layer

  • 1depletion of the ozone — gradual destruction of the ozone layer (region of the stratosphere which contains much of the Earth s atmospheric ozone) …

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  • 2ozone — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ atmospheric, ground level, stratospheric VERB + OZONE ▪ deplete, destroy ▪ form, produce …

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  • 3layer — 01. She made a delicious cake that had chocolate ice cream on one [layer], and vanilla ice cream on another. 02. After the volcano erupted, all the houses in the town below were covered with a [layer] of ash. 03. The streets were covered in a… …

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  • 4The Reality Dysfunction — infobox Book | name = The Reality Dysfunction title orig = translator = author = Peter F. Hamilton cover artist = Jim Burns country = United Kingdom language = English series = The Night s Dawn Trilogy genre = Science Fiction, Novel publisher =… …

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  • 5destruction — [[t]dɪstrʌ̱kʃ(ə)n[/t]] ♦♦♦ N UNCOUNT Destruction is the act of destroying something, or the state of being destroyed. ...an international agreement aimed at halting the destruction of the ozone layer. ...weapons of mass destruction …

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  • 6The Death Merchant — is the title and lead character of a series of men s action adventure books written by Joseph Rosenberger. Richard Joseph Camellion, as described in the books is a master of disguise, the martial arts and wet work. Cynical and lethal in equal… …

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  • 7Ozone depletion — Image of the largest Antarctic ozone hole ever recorded (September 2006) Ozone depletion describes two distinct but related phenomena observed since the late 1970s: a steady decline of about 4% per decade in the total volume of ozone in Earth s… …

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  • 8ozone — 01. The earth will receive more ultraviolet rays as the [ozone] is destroyed. 02. The destruction of the [ozone] has resulted in serious eye injury to sheep in the south of Argentina. 03. There is now a noticeable hole in the [ozone] over the… …

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  • 9ozone depletion — /oʊzoʊn dəˈpliʃən/ (say ohzohn duh pleeshuhn) noun a decline in the amount of ozone in the earth s stratosphere. Ozone depletion occurs in the stratosphere in response to the breakdown of compounds such as chlorofluorocarbons containing chlorine… …

  • 10Destruction de la couche d'ozone — Image du plus grand trou dans la couche d ozone jamais enregistré (Septembre 2006). La destruction de la couche d ozone décrit deux phénomènes distincts observés depuis la fin des années 1970: a déclin significatif de 4 % tous les décennies… …

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