What happens if the ozone layer of the Earth disappears?
如果地球的臭氧层消失了会发生什么?
Our ozone layer serves the principal function of filtering out the harmful UV rays radiating from the Sun.
我们的臭氧层的主要功能是过滤掉太阳辐射出的有害紫外线。
If ozone disappears, then ultraviolet from the sun in all 3 forms will enter the atmosphere.
如果臭氧层消失了,来自太阳的所有三种形式的紫外线将进入大气层。
The three forms are: UV-A, UV-B and UV-C.
这三种分别是:紫外线A, 紫外线B和紫外线C。
The purpose of ozone is to protect living organisms from the excessive UV radiation which can interfere with the DNA and cell division processes in animals and humans leading to mutations skin cancer, cataract in eyes, weakness in human immune response.
臭氧的目的是保护生物体免受紫外线辐射的干扰,这些紫外线辐射会干扰动物和人类的DNA和细胞分裂过程,从而导致突变皮肤癌、白内障和人体免疫反应减弱。
In regards to humans and animals - even with our ozone layer, we can't stare at the Sun for more than 60 seconds without risking blindness - with a 100% decrease of ozone, blindness could also set in immediately.
对于人类和动物来说——在有臭氧层的情况下,我们盯着太阳超过60秒也会有失明的危险——因此一旦臭氧含量100%下降,我们也会立即失明。
Also, human skin can burn after even less than a day of being in the Sun - imagine if our ozone layer was to be fully removed.
此外,人类的皮肤在阳光下曝晒不到一天就会灼伤——想象一下,如果我们的臭氧层完全被清除的话。
In a few days, our world will become completely different.
几天后,我们的世界将变得完全不同。
Most of the animals and plants living on the surface will begin to die.
大多数生活在地表的动植物将开始死亡。
The disappearance of plant life would radically reduce the atmospheric concentration of oxygen and greatly increase that of carbon.
植物的消失将从根本上降低大气中氧气的浓度,并大大增加大气中碳的浓度。
Our atmosphere would flip, chemically speaking, from a heavy concentration of oxygen to CO2.
从化学角度来说,我们的大气层会从高浓度的氧气变成二氧化碳。
Perhaps eventually we could see life re-emerging slowly as traits, such as reduced oxygen-concentration concentration requirements and increased cellular resistance to UV radiation evolve via natural selection and mutation in both plants and animals.
也许最终,我们可以看到生命慢慢地重新出现,通过自然选择和动植物的突变,降低了对氧气浓度的要求,增强了细胞对紫外线辐射的抵抗力。
Life could still thrive - but its distinctly "Earthly" character would never be the same.
生命仍然可以茁壮成长——但它独特的"地球"特征将永远不同。
Earth would never be the same - at least not for millions of years.
地球将永远不会和以前一样——至少在几百万年内不会。
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