GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Ozone depletion and climate change are linked in a number of ways, but ozone depletion is not a major cause of climate change. Atmospheric ozone has two effects on the temperature balance of the Earth.

Detailed explanation-2: -The hole in ozone layer or depletion of ozone layer causes UV rays to reach the earth, which is harmful to all the biotic components on earth and the exposure to higher amounts of UV radiation could have serious impacts on human beings, animals and plants.

Detailed explanation-3: -The correct answer is Nitrogen.

Detailed explanation-4: -Ozone depletion can cause increased amounts of UV radiation to reach the Earth which can lead to more cases of skin cancer, cataracts, and impaired immune systems. Too much exposure to UV is believed to be contributing to the increase in melanoma, the most fatal of all skin cancers.