Protecting the Ozone Layer
Subtitle: The United Nations History
Publisher: Earthscan Publications
Published: October 23, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 513
ISBN-13: 9781853839054
Subjects: Chemical pollution; Global warming; History of specific subjects; United Nations & UN agencies; Sociology; History; Environmental Conservation & Protection - General; Social Science; Environmental Studies; Public Policy - General; Ozone layer depletion; Environmental Science; 20th century; Sociology - General; Prevention
First sentence: The ozone layer forms a thin shield in the stratosphere, approximately 20-40km above the Earth's surface, protecting life below from the sun's ultraviolet (UV) radiation (Box 1.1).