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Ozone Depletion, a Big Threat to Climate Change: What can be Done?

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  • Sumera Aziz Ali

    (Department of Community Health Sciences, Aga Khan University Hospital, Pakistan)

  • Savera Aziz Ali

    (School of Nursing and Midwifery, Aga Khan University Hospital, Pakistan)

  • Nadir Suhail

    (Deparment of Paediatrics and child health, Aga Khan University Hospital, Pakistan)

Abstract

Ozone in the stratosphere is very important as it acts as a safeguard for the earth and protects life from harmful ultraviolet radiations coming from the sun. Depletion of stratospheric ozone, resulting from atmospheric pollution has led to increased ultraviolet radiation at the earth’s surface as well as spectral shifts to the more biologically damaging shorter wavelengths. A decrease in the concentration of stratospheric ozone enhances the solar ultraviolet (UV) radiation, which is harmful to the growth of the plant and various other metabolic processes of the organisms and might cause changes in pigment concentrations, nucleic acids, and proteins. Multiple causes of ozone depletion have been identified in the literature review, but the findings are not synthesized at one place. Thus, the purpose of this paper was to review the causes of ozone depletion and to propose the interventions to address this problem in order to avoid the climate change and its associated outcomes.

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  • Sumera Aziz Ali & Savera Aziz Ali & Nadir Suhail, 2017. "Ozone Depletion, a Big Threat to Climate Change: What can be Done?," Global Journal of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, Juniper Publishers Inc., vol. 1(2), pages 31-35, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:adp:jgjpps:v:1:y:2017:i:2:p:31-35
    DOI: 10.19080/GJPPS.2017.01.555556
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