Some new questions about the ozone layer

A recent paper published in Green and Sustainable Chemistry by Dr. González-Velasco explains the depletion-recovery cycle of the ozone layer on the basis of the paramagnetic or diamagnetic of oxygen, ozone, nitrogen oxides and chlorine combinations. Thus, the effects of the Earth’s magnetic field on gaseous fluxes polar and equatorial-wards could give a novel explanation of the seasonal, latitude and altitude variations in the ozone concentration. Furthermore, changes in the magnetic field strength could also have an influence on the equilibriums of chemical or photochemical reactions participating in those mechanisms related to ozone layer.

The author states that in order to verify that such a magnetic effect is actually playing a role it could be interesting to try to correlate eventual changes in the magnetic field strength produced during the year at different latitudes with variations in the rates of the depletion-recovery cycle of the ozone.