Why has so much attention been placed on reducing the depletion of stratospheric ozone??
What will be the ideal response?
ANSWER: In recent decades, much attention has been placed on reducing the depletion of stratospheric ozone because of the many risks such a loss would pose. These include a(n):
1. increase in the number of cases of skin cancer
2. sharp increase in eye cataracts and sunburns
3. suppression of the human immune system
4. adverse impacts on crops and animals due to an increase in ultraviolet radiation
5. reduction in the growth of ocean phytoplankton
6. cooling of the stratosphere that could alter stratospheric wind patterns, possibly affecting the destruction of ozone
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