English-Finnish translations for ozone layer

• otsonikerros
  Maapallon otsonikerros on yhteinen. The whole globe shares the same ozone layer.
  Otsonikerros on toinen kahdesta maapallon elämää suojaavasta ilmakehän kerroksesta. The ozone layer is one of the two layers of the atmosphere that protect life on earth.
  Suojaava otsonikerros on nyt niin vahingoittunut, että reikä on kolme kertaa Australian kokoinen. So much damage has already been done to the ozone layer that the hole is now three times the size of Australia.

Definition of ozone layer

• A region of the stratosphere, between 15 and 30 kilometres in altitude, containing a relatively high concentration of ozone, which absorbs most solar ultraviolet radiation

Synonyms

• ozone shield

Related words

• ozone
• ecozone
• eurozone
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• biozone
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• mesozone