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dsp73
3 years ago
15

What protects earth from harmful radiation when in the stratosphere but is pollutant at lower altitudes

Geography
1 answer:
spin [16.1K]3 years ago
8 0

Here, ground-level or "bad" ozone is an air pollutant that is harmful to breathe and it damages crops, trees and other vegetation. ... The stratosphere or "good" ozone layer extends upward from about 6 to 30 miles and protects life on Earth from the sun's harmful ultraviolet (UV) rays.

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