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RE: The relationship between Ozone depletion and global warming (climate change)
Thanks for this exposure. I'm sure many were unaware of this. But just a correction. Not all UV radiations are harmful. There are the harmful and useful parts in the UV radiation spectrum. Some of them are very important for processes such as photosynthesis where they activate electrons in photosystems in plant cells. Photosynthesis as we all know is a process which is important to eliminate carbon dioxide from the environment. So only the harmful radiation are shielded by the ozone layer. I'd be waiting to read more from you though. Thanks for sharing.
Wow I’m glad you have some knowledge on this. Even melanin comes from exposure to uv radiations. The problem comes from prolonged exposure to UV rays. We actually have UVA, UVB, and UVC but on normal bases UVB & UVA actually reaches the surface at certain levels but this doesn’t make it non harmful. When an ozone hole is created, some level of UVC penetrates the ozone and gets to the surface while the level of UVB & UVA increases to more than normal and when living organisms without much hairs on their skin becomes exposed to it, they may have long term or acute skin diseases such as skin cancer. UV is beneficial to man and at the same time detrimental depending on how long one is exposed and the level of illumination.
Oh no don't get me wrong. I was just saying you should be more specific with what's harmful in UV rays. Like I said, it's not harmful to plants that help us reduce carbon dioxide from the air. Since you were speaking in terms of global warming, we don't need to go into it's uses in humans. But that of the plants is what helps cancel out the effect of the halides that form CFCs if you get what I mean. Lol. We could talk about this all day and still be on same point. 😅Thanks for your response