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What is happening to the ozone layer?
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In the stratosphere, the second-lowest layer of the atmosphere, there is a thin layer rich in a kind of oxygen, called ozone. This absorbs much of the harmful radiation of the Sun, but it is being broken down by gases, produced by industry and volcanoes.
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Book:
1001
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Section:
Earth
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Chapter:
Weather and Climate
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