How do natural gases and chemical substances, including nitrogen and chlorine, cause the depletion of the ozone layer? Here's everything you need to know. read more
The ozone layer is about 300 to 500 DU thick on average, which is about the thickness of two stacked pennies. The Effect of CFCs Scientists first began to realize the potential for chlorine to interact destructively with ozone in the early 1970s, and Sherwood Rowland and Mario Molina warned of the danger that CFCs posed to the ozone layer in 1974. read more