Sentence examples for ozone from inspiring English sources

But there is no time pressure, the sun is beating down through the hole in the Ozone layer, and the Essex batsmen led by Cook made the pitch look eminently playable.

"The effect of ozone on the lungs is that it effectively kills lung tissue," Fred Richardson, media relations director of the Texas branch of the Sierra Club environmental group, said.

No. Understanding that CFCs were eating the ozone hole, governments agreed to phase them out.

For the first time, people were talking about global warming, holes in the ozone and environmental apocalypse.

The costs would be relatively low but the scientists identified questions over potential adverse effects, in particular the destruction of the ozone layer.

Mario Molina, Nobel laureate for his discovery of the destruction of the ozone layer, and his colleagues published a paper in Proceedings of the National Academies of Sciences last fall in which they argued in favor of solutions for climate change that would be both quick and effective.

Think of the speed with which nations have responded in recent years to threats such as terrorism, the impact of CFC gases on the ozone layer or avian flu.

The Houston area has 38% of the total US oil refining, and its emissions, together with those from vehicles, are a key contributor to the ozone formed when sunlight reacts with nitrogen oxide and volatile organic compounds.

The SCAQMD covers stationary sources of air pollution, such as power stations, oil refineries and manufacturers, which with households produce 25% of the area's ozone-forming pollution.

Regulations are outlawing certain refrigerants, such as chlorofluorocarbons, which contain ozone-depleting chemicals.

When the Montreal protocol, limiting ozone-depleting chemicals, marked its 20th anniversary in September, many people hailed it as an example that could inspire those who are trying to combat climate change.