Homework Help: Earth/Space Science

Posted by Astrid on Monday, April 2, 2012 at 6:25pm.

How does damage to the ozone layer cause a threat to humans?

A. It increases radiation of heat from Earth into space.
B. It allows damaging infrared radiation to penetrate the atmosphere.
C. It allows damaging ultraviolet radiation to penetrate the atmosphere.
D. It increases the amount of greenhouse gases in the upper atmosphere.

I think it's C.

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