Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun] layer over the " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | Russia and Chile have announced the launch of a joint study on the depletion of the ozone layer over the South American republic . |
4 | Depletion of the ozone layer over the Antarctic has started earlier and is spreading faster than last year , according to US scientists . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | A notable depletion in the ozone layer over the Arctic and northern Europe has also been recently discovered . |
8 | Overall , Nasa suggest that this spring could see a reduction of between 30-40 per cent in the ozone layer over the northern hemisphere . |
9 | The figures give added weight to fears of the development of a hole in the ozone layer over the Arctic . |
10 | The worst ozone destruction should take place around the turn of the century , as the chemicals rise into the stratosphere , followed by a gradual recovery in the ozone layer over the next 50-100 years . |
11 | The Survey carried out the work which first identified the threat to the ozone layer over the south polar region . |