Part one of term paper
The February 17, 1992 edition of time magazine's cover story started like this: "The world now knows that danger is shining through the sky. The evidence is overwhelming that the earth's stratospheric ozone layer-our shield against the sun's hazardous ultraviolet rays-is being eaten away by man made chemicals far faster than any scientist ha ...

Part two of term paper
... When ultraviolet light from the sun hits the earth's atmosphere, it hits and divides the oxygen molecule (O2). Each molecule then attaches with other oxygen molecules to form O3. O3 is ozone. So when ozone is formed, harmful rays from the sun are absorbed. The O3 molecule is very reactive and it bonds easily with other molecules it the atmosphere. When and oxygen atom from the ozone reacts with a chloride ion from chlorine monoxide, the ozone molecule is destroyed. So chlorine monoxide is an ozone ...