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In contrast to the harmful ozone formed as a photochemical oxidant at ground level (tropospheric ozone, see Chapter 1), ozone in the stratosphere, between 25 and 40 km above the earth’s surface, is the natural filter that absorbs and blocks the sun’s short wavelength ultraviolet radiation (UV-B) that is harmful to life.
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Tolba, M.K. (1992). Ozone depletion. In: Saving Our Planet. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2278-8_2
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