num_pages: 419
description: It is poisonous, pungent-smelling &amp; invisible  yet without it life on Earth could not exist. Ozone  the gas that protects us from the suns radiation  is disappearing at alarming rates from above our heads. In October each year, 3/4 of the ozone above Antarctica disappears, &amp; in recent years scientists have measured greater amounts of ozone  destroying chemicals in the northern hemisphere than ever before. How much of a threat does ozone depletion actually pose? Booth traveled over 50,000 miles &amp; talked to more than 100 scientists, doctors &amp; politicians to answer that question. Unravels the truth about ozone depletion.
title: How Soon Is Now?: The Truth About the Ozone Layer
titlecomplete: How Soon Is Now?: The Truth About the Ozone Layer
publisher: Diane Pub Co