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Is this the correct translation? It is about CO2 emmisions.

Is this the correct translation? It is about CO2 emmisions.

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Is this the correct translation?

there is a lot of traffic which creates a lot of carbon dioxide that harms the ozone layer.

hay mucho tráfico que crea una gran cantidad de dióxido de carbono que daña la capa de ozono.

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updated Oct 21, 2012
edited by rac1
posted by bayth002
You do need to begin your sentences with capital letters. - rac1, Oct 21, 2012

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hay mucho tráfico que crea una gran cantidad de dióxido de carbono que daña la capa de ozono.

Hay mucho tráfico, lo que crea una gran cantidad de dióxido de carbono que daña la capa de ozono.

hay mucho tráfico que crea una gran cantidad de dióxido de carbono, dañino para la capa de ozono.

updated Oct 21, 2012
edited by diagonx
posted by diagonx
Great edits, diagonx! - francobollo, Oct 21, 2012
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It's correct, though carbon dioxide does not affect the ozone layer.

updated Oct 21, 2012
edited by comunacho
posted by comunacho
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Reproduced from The Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research's website

Ozone is also a greenhouse gas in the upper atmosphere and, therefore, plays a role in Earth's climate. The increases in primary greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide, may affect how the ozone layer recovers in coming years. Understanding precisely how ozone abundances will change in a future with diminished chlorofluorocarbon emissions and increased emissions of greenhouse gases remains an important challenge for atmospheric scientists in NOAA and other research centers.

So there may be some truth about the effect on CO2 emssions on the ozone layer.

updated Oct 21, 2012
posted by francobollo
yup, but up there says "harms", not "affects its recovery" :P - comunacho, Oct 21, 2012
Bueno, es una cuestión de opiniones. Y yo respeto la tuya, comunacho. :-) - francobollo, Oct 21, 2012