Basic Information on Stratospheric Ozone Depletion
The best starting point for basic information about ozone layer depletion
is the 20
Questions and Answers about the Ozone Layer (PDF) (50 pp, 1.66M, About PDF) document prepared for
the general public along with the 2006 Scientific
Assessment of Ozone Depletion
. This page also
provides other sources of general information about the ozone layer and the
how human activities can lead to its destruction:
- Questions and Answers (brief)
- Answers to six basic questions about ozone depletion.
- Ozone Science: The Facts Behind the Phaseout
- Provides an overview of the ozone layer and more detail on how ozone depletion occurs.
- The Ozone Depletion Process
- A broad overview of how ozone depletion occurs.
- Will the Ozone Layer Recover? Can We Make More Ozone?
- A response to common questions about the ozone layer's recovery.
- Ozone: Good Up High, Bad Nearby
- Produced by EPA's Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, this fact sheet explains the difference between stratospheric and tropospheric ozone.
- Stratospheric Ozone Depletion: A Focus on EPA's Research
- This brochure describes the mechanisms of and problems associated with stratospheric ozone depletion as well as some of the research projects pursued by EPA's Office of Research and Development (ORD).