ozone layer depletion theme
The environmental issue of human activity causing the ozone layer to weaken is featured. This leads to increased ultraviolet radiation which is thought to be harmful to life in general.
Examples
The Aldeans had gone sterile in tng1x17 "When The Bough Breaks" as a result of their planet's ozone layer having become depleted.
13 total · 13 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| columbo1971e10x08 | minor | Fielding Chase mentioned ozone layer depletion in one of his radio broadcasts. |
| movie: 12:01 (1993) | minor | Barry embarrassed his colleague by asking him whether the hole in the ozone layer was attributable to his hairspray usage. |
| movie: Code 46 (2003) | minor | The story is set in a future when going outside in the daytime was considered hazardous owing to elevated UV ray levels. |
| movie: Exterminators of the Year 3000 (1983) | minor | It was mentioned how the "ozone belt" was destroyed by nuclear bombs. |
| movie: Freejack (1992) | minor | Earth of 2009 had lost its ozone layer. |
| movie: Lords of the Deep (1989) | minor | It wasn't possible to go outside without getting second degree burns because humans had all but destroyed the Earth's ozone layer. |
| movie: Lost in Space (1998) | minor | It was explained that the ozone layer was down to 40%. |
| movie: Mindwarp (1991) | minor | The film is set in a near future when it was hazardous to be on Earth's surface in part because of high ultraviolet radiation levels owing to the ozone layer having been blown away. |
| movie: Neon City (1991) | minor | Zandar's experiments were said to have blown a hole in the ozone layer that kept getting bigger and bigger. |
| movie: Per Aspera Ad Astra (1981) | minor | The Dessan ozone layer was dying. |