Similar words: zone, amazon, blazon, horizon, emblazon, zonation, comfort zone, buffer zone. Meaning: ['əʊzəʊn] n. a colorless gas (O3) soluble in alkalis and cold water; a strong oxidizing agent; can be produced by electric discharge in oxygen or by the action of ultraviolet radiation on oxygen in the stratosphere (where it acts as a screen for ultraviolet radiation).
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31 Every spring the ozone is chewed up, and the hole appears.
32 In heavy concentrations, ozone is irritating to the eyes, nose and throat.
33 There are holes in the ozone layer above Antarctica.
34 Both climatological and model-determined ozone fields were used.
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35 The Government hosted an international conference on ozone depletion.
36 Just breathe in that ozone!
37 Shading denotes where the ozone column is under 240DU.
38 Initial ozone concentrations were taken from a mid-December climatology.
39 Ozone is also decomposed through other chemical reactions.
40 These results are broadly consistent with observed ozone changes.
41 But it will be decades before the ozone heals.
42 Ozone irritates the eyes, nose, throat and respiratory system.
43 By then, car crime had pushed insurance rates up beyond the ozone and way past the stratosphere.
44 Electric vehicles would introduce lead releases to reduce urban ozone, a lesser problem.
45 Animal studies have shown that chronic long-term exposure to ozone causes lung scarring similar to that associated with cigarette smoking.
46 But, like global warming, ozone depletion was based on theory.
47 Suppose pollution beyond a certain critical level would have disastrous social consequences, for example irreversibly damaging the ozone layer above the earth.
48 In California, pines suffer from yellowish flecking due to ozone pollution and Los Angeles is notorious for its thick ozone smogs.
49 These are the greenhouse effect, the destruction of the ozone layer, and acid rain.
50 Nevertheless, two environmental issues are clearly global in scope - ozone depletion and climate change.
51 This enables predictions of ozone formation at a particular location to be made and allows local authorities to take remedial action.
52 On March 10 the authorities issued a warning to people to stay indoors after concentrations of low-level ozone reached record levels.
53 It also changed the monitoring period for ozone to better reflect actual air quality.
54 Given the enormous and costly pollution control efforts to tackle ozone pollution to date, these variable ten-year trends are very disappointing.
55 We will strive to accelerate the eradication of ozone depleting substances.
56 The ozone molecules are very thinly spread within this area but their fragile existence nevertheless serves a vital function to life.
57 Apparently it has been recognised for over a decade that chlorine from chlorofluorocarbons may deplete the stratospheric ozone layer.
58 They had helped the refuelling and restocking of colonists' ships fleeing the overpopulation, radiation and ozone poisoning.
59 It is essential that these countries, too, adopt policies that will help to protect the Ozone Layer.
60 Most people know about the Ozone layer in the earth's stratosphere.
More similar words: zone, amazon, blazon, horizon, emblazon, zonation, comfort zone, buffer zone, horizontal, littoral zone, demilitarized zone.