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Ozone Crisis: The 15–Year Evolution of a Sudden Global Emergency: 89 (Wiley Science Editions) - Softcover
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Recounts the fight to ban chlorofluorocarbons (CFC's) and describes the science, the people, and the politics involved, right up to the March 1989 decision by the European nations to restrict CFC production. Surveys the media's coverage, describes the struggle for remedies, and offers a prognosis for the future.
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The real story behind the ... Ozone Crisis Straight from today's headlines, award-winning science writer Sharon Roan offers an incisive look at one of the planet's most pressing ecological concerns. Ozone Crisis tells the compelling, often shocking story of the discovery of ozone depletion, the fight to ban chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), and future prospects and prognoses. "At last a sober, well-researched, and well-written book on an important environmental problem.... a good yarn about stratospheric ozone....This is clearly one of the best case studies of the evolution of science-intensive public policy." --Choice "An engaging account ... skillfully recounts in terms readily understood by lay readers the shrewd detective work and unprecedented scientific cooperation that helped give rise to the Montreal Treaty." --John C. Topping, President, Climate Institute "Whether you have the slightest interest in environmental matters or not, this book should be on your 'must check out!' list." --Western Producer "Anyone interested in understanding contemporary environmental policy issues will find Roan has written a well-researched, well-balanced, and informative book in an easy-to-read, journalistic style." --Naturalist Review
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Straight from the headlines of today's news, here is the story of the discovery of an ecological catastrophe - a disaster caused by man-made chemicals in the stratosphere that today are destroying the shield of ozone gas that protects the earth from the harmful ultraviolet rays of the sun. An incisive look at one of the planet's most pressing ecological concerns, it tells the story of the discovery of ozone depletion, the fight to ban chloroflurocarbons (CFCs) and future prospects and prognoses.
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- PublisherJohn Wiley & Sons
- Publication date1990
- ISBN 10 0471528234
- ISBN 13 9780471528234
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages270
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