Does the “ozone hole” contribute to global warming?
Stratospheric ozone absorbs energy from the ultraviolet part of the solar spectrum, heating the lower stratosphere. This part of the spectrum accounts for less than one percent of the total solar energy reaching our atmosphere. [1] Stratospheric ozone is important because it prevent dangerous ultraviolet rays from harming plants and animals on Earth’s surface, but reductions in the amount of radiation absorbed does not have a measurable impact on temperatures below.
