Environmental effects of ozone depletion and its interactions with climate change: 2002 assessment.

Author(s) : ONU Environnement (ex-PNUE), GCRIO

Type of monograph: Report

Summary

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Assessment Panel on the Environmental Effects of Stratospheric Ozone Depletion produced this report. Extract from the table of contents: changes in biologically active ultraviolet radiation reaching the Earth's surface; health effects from stratospheric ozone depletion and interactions with climate change; terrestrial ecosystems, increased solar ultraviolet radiation and interactions with other climatic change factors; aquatic ecosystems: effects of solar ultraviolet radiation and interactions with other climatic change factors; interactive effects of ozone depletion and climate change on biogeochemical cycles; changes in tropospheric composition and air quality due to stratospheric ozone depletion; effects of climate change and Uv-B on materials. In the appendix: eighteen questions and answers about the effects of the depletion of the ozone layer on humans and the environment.

Details

  • Original title: Environmental effects of ozone depletion and its interactions with climate change: 2002 assessment.
  • Record ID : 2004-0456
  • Languages: English
  • Subject: Regulation, Environment
  • Publication: UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme) - Kenya/Kenya
  • Publication date: 2003/03
  • ISBN: 928072312X
  • Source: Source: 194 p. (21 x 29.7); fig.; phot.; tabl.; ref.; append.
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.