The greenhouse effect is also intensified by the process of deforestation, which is the conversion by humans of forest land to other uses (such as farming). ... When tropical forest is cleared for pasture land, there is an immediate loss of carbon to the atmosphere as carbon dioxide. ... The historic example usually cited is the substitution of coal for wood as the principal fuel of Western Europe, after the forests there became depleted. ... This layer normally filters out a harmful form of ultraviolet light from the sun, known as UV-B. ... Acid rain has also been implicated in the depletion...

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The loss of most of these algae has occurred with high frequency on coral reefs over the last 20 years (Coles and Brown 2003) as a result of coral bleaching that happens primarily from high seawater temperatures under high light conditions. ...

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It effects sea life, forests, air, us and our health, and also nonliving things. ... In Germany, the forests are believed to be dying because acid rain is harming them. ... In our home we can run the dishwasher and washing machine with a full load, turn off lights, turn off hot water tank, turn down the heat at night, don't use the air conditioner as much, install fluorescent light bulbs, reduce, reuse, and recycle. ...

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It is the absorption of molecular oxygen from the short UV lights that are from the light from the sun. This conversion occurs at a better rate in the troposphere where the earth has more access to UV light because there aren't any clouds or objects to get in the way. ... But all the UV light that does reach the lower atmosphere is absorbed by nitrogen oxide. ... The biggest concentrations of ozone are found at the seashore, in forests, or in high mountainous areas. ...

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