Example sentences of "ozone [noun sg] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | A Russian M-17 aircraft will be used by the Chileans to monitor ozone loss over the country . |
| 2 | An ozone depletion over the Arctic could be much more serious , as many more people live closer to the north pole than they do to the south pole ; for example North America , Russia and Europe . |
| 3 | The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA ) reported at the end of September 1989 that seasonal ozone depletion over Antarctica ( believed to be caused primarily by chlorofluorocarbons — CFCs — see p. 36785 ) was increasing at the rate of 1.5 per cent a day ; the depletion largely occurred on a seasonal basis , with the ozone being replenished during summer months . |
| 4 | Ozone depletion over the Arctic was believed to appear less severe than in the Antarctic because air currents in the northern hemisphere brought fresh supplies of ozone-rich air into the region , restoring ozone levels . |
| 5 | Ozone depletion over the UK was 21 per cent greater than normal over the UK this spring , 10 per cent higher than last year . |
| 6 | Claims that unusually large numbers of cataracts , cancers and other eye diseases in sheep , cattle and rabbits in southern Chile are due to overexposure to ultraviolet radiation ( as a result of ozone depletion over Antarctica ) have been put into question by a study conducted by researchers from John Hopkins University and Chilean health and veterinary authorities . |
| 7 | Phytoplankton in Antarctic waters are being damaged by ultra-violet radiation because of the opening of the ozone hole over the South Pole , according to NASA scientists . |
| 8 | Hole in ozone layer over Antartica getting bigger |
| 9 | WELLINGTON — The hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica threatens to be bigger than ever this year , according to New Zealand scientists , writes David Barber . |
| 10 | Ozone layer over Europe thins by up to 18 per cent |
| 11 | Even conditions beyond the earth 's immediate environment can affect human beings and currently there is concern about the effect on health of an appreciable hole in the springtime ozone layer over Antarctica ( McKie & Rycroft , 1988 ) . |
| 12 | The ozone layer over Britain has suffered record damage so far this year , ministers revealed . |
| 13 | It is estimated that the ozone layer over northern Europe will have been considerably damaged by the end of the century . |
| 14 | It is thought that problems like the Alaska oil spillage , and the discovery of a hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica , influenced the Australian decision . |
| 15 | The thinning of the ozone layer over Antarctica has been far worse than expected this year . |
| 16 | Among those actively campaigning for it were scientist Joe Farman , who had " discovered " the hole in the ozone layer over the continent , French mariner Jacques Cousteau and polar explorer Robert Swan . |
| 17 | Australians will be unable to go outdoors without protection by the year 2060 , unless the depletion of the ozone layer over the southern hemisphere is halted , according to skin cancer expert Bill McCarthy , who predicted that the growing danger of cancer would render Australia uninhabitable unless its populace lived in glass-domed cities and wore spacesuit style protective gear for ventures into the open air . |
| 18 | Joe Farman , the British atmospheric physicist who " discovered " the hole in the ozone layer over the Antarctic , has warned that chemicals offered by the chemicals industry as a substitute for ozone-destroying CFCs could be far more damaging than the manufacturers admit . |
| 19 | The ozone layer over Europe has decreased by 8 per cent in the last ten years , twice the rate scientists had expected , according to a study by the Department of the Environment . |
| 20 | The figures confirm a trend reported in a study by NASA , the US space agency , in April , which showed that the ozone layer over much of the United States was also being depleted much faster than expected . |
| 21 | A notable depletion in the ozone layer over the Arctic and northern Europe has also been recently discovered . |
| 22 | The Survey carried out the work which first identified the threat to the ozone layer over the south polar region . |
| 23 | The depletion of the ozone layer over the northern hemisphere is to be the subject of a newly-launched European Arctic Stratosphere Experiment ( EASOE ) , involving 250 scientists from 17 countries over a five month period starting in November . |
| 24 | The depletion of the ozone layer over Europe and North America is set to reach a dangerous level in the forthcoming months , according to the results of separate atmospheric surveys by Nasa and the European Stratospheric Ozone Experiment . |
| 25 | Overall , Nasa suggest that this spring could see a reduction of between 30-40 per cent in the ozone layer over the northern hemisphere . |
| 26 | Scientists issued predictions in warning that the ozone layer over the northern hemisphere could dwindle to dangerously record low levels in the early spring , as a result of a build-up of depleting chemicals , combined with the effects of last year 's explosion of the Mount Pinatubo volcano in the Philippines . |
| 27 | Russia and Chile have announced the launch of a joint study on the depletion of the ozone layer over the South American republic . |
| 28 | The Easoe team said that even if CFCs were phased out well ahead of current schedules , the ozone layer over the northern hemisphere would , by conservative estimates , be depleted by 20 per cent on historic — or pre-CFC — levels by the winter of 2000 . |
| 29 | Depletion of the ozone layer over the Antarctic has started earlier and is spreading faster than last year , according to US scientists . |
| 30 | The ozone layer over Europe has already been reduced by 10 per cent in the last ten years , and is expected to decline at an accelerating rate . |