Reactions | Whatever Happened to the Ozone Hole? A Story of A/C, Atoms, and CFCs @ACSReactions | Uploaded 4 years ago | Updated 1 minute ago
It might feel like they’re making us cooler, but refrigerators and air conditioning are actually making our world warmer. Yes, they use a huge amount of electricity, but many older cooling methods also released tons of molecules that are still hanging around, shredding our #ozone layer. In this episode of #Untold, a new #YouTubeLearning series from ACS, PBS, and YouTube, we consider how we might keep ourselves and our food cool, without accidentally warming up our world.
The chlorine reaction we showed isn’t the only one--to learn more about bromine reactions that also destroy ozone, check out this link: esrl.noaa.gov/csl/assessments/ozone/2018/downloads/twentyquestions/Q8.pdf
And to learn why the Antarctic is most susceptible to ozone damage, check out the following: esrl.noaa.gov/csl/assessments/ozone/2018/downloads/twentyquestions/Q9.pdf
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UNTOLD | Challenger: The Real Story of an Avoidable Disaster
youtube.com/watch?v=uI174WMnWl4
UNTOLD | The Terrifying (but Awesome) Science Behind Red Tides
youtube.com/watch?v=R7t7qrH_dsc
UNTOLD | The Invisible Tsunami That Killed 1,500 People in One Night
youtube.com/watch?v=rNKDx3kR3tk
UNTOLD | The Great MOLASSES Flood of 1919
youtube.com/watch?v=iMPGm3OSvMg
Credits:
Executive Producers:
George Zaidan
Hilary Hudson
Producer/Editor:
Darren Weaver
Writer/Host:
Alex Dainis, PhD
Assistant Editor:
Brett Kuxhausen
Animator:
Shea Lord
Fact Checker:
Bob Hunt
Archive Producer:
Annalea Embree
Coordinating Producer:
Samantha Jones, PhD
Scientific Consultants:
Michelle Boucher, PhD
James Elkins, PhD
Andrew Jordan, PhD
Stephen Montzka, PhD
Brianne Raccor, PhD
Sources:
docs.google.com/document/d/1Gkvr9l3z38R-vJ6DHVniQsasfqGO0ZaQed-8hwvoYho/edit?usp=sharing
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It might feel like they’re making us cooler, but refrigerators and air conditioning are actually making our world warmer. Yes, they use a huge amount of electricity, but many older cooling methods also released tons of molecules that are still hanging around, shredding our #ozone layer. In this episode of #Untold, a new #YouTubeLearning series from ACS, PBS, and YouTube, we consider how we might keep ourselves and our food cool, without accidentally warming up our world.
The chlorine reaction we showed isn’t the only one--to learn more about bromine reactions that also destroy ozone, check out this link: esrl.noaa.gov/csl/assessments/ozone/2018/downloads/twentyquestions/Q8.pdf
And to learn why the Antarctic is most susceptible to ozone damage, check out the following: esrl.noaa.gov/csl/assessments/ozone/2018/downloads/twentyquestions/Q9.pdf
You might also like:
UNTOLD | Challenger: The Real Story of an Avoidable Disaster
youtube.com/watch?v=uI174WMnWl4
UNTOLD | The Terrifying (but Awesome) Science Behind Red Tides
youtube.com/watch?v=R7t7qrH_dsc
UNTOLD | The Invisible Tsunami That Killed 1,500 People in One Night
youtube.com/watch?v=rNKDx3kR3tk
UNTOLD | The Great MOLASSES Flood of 1919
youtube.com/watch?v=iMPGm3OSvMg
Credits:
Executive Producers:
George Zaidan
Hilary Hudson
Producer/Editor:
Darren Weaver
Writer/Host:
Alex Dainis, PhD
Assistant Editor:
Brett Kuxhausen
Animator:
Shea Lord
Fact Checker:
Bob Hunt
Archive Producer:
Annalea Embree
Coordinating Producer:
Samantha Jones, PhD
Scientific Consultants:
Michelle Boucher, PhD
James Elkins, PhD
Andrew Jordan, PhD
Stephen Montzka, PhD
Brianne Raccor, PhD
Sources:
docs.google.com/document/d/1Gkvr9l3z38R-vJ6DHVniQsasfqGO0ZaQed-8hwvoYho/edit?usp=sharing
Produced by the American Chemical Society. Join the American Chemical Society! http://bit.ly/Join_acsmembership
