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What is an ozone layer?

What is an ozone layer? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A region of the stratosphere, between 15 and 30 kilometres in altitude, containing a relatively high concentration of ozone, which absorbs most solar ultraviolet radiation.
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It is a proven fact that the ozone layer filters out much of the harmful radiation from the sun.
He was awarded a Nobel Prize in 1995 for his work on the hole in the ozone layer above the polar icecaps.
The ozone layer is important to humans, who risk skin cancer and other health effects from high exposure to harmful ultraviolet rays.
All that hair lacquer skooshed had further reduced the ozone layer and made it an absolute imperative.
It eventually reaches the stratosphere, where it causes a thinning of the ozone layer.
Many scientists have studied the effects of pollutants on the ozone layer, often with startling results.

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