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MIT Press Ltd Mending the Ozone Hole Science Technology And policy by Arjun Makhijani and Kevin Gurney
"The most comprehensive overview of the problem of ozone depletion yet available. Packed with information, chiefly about the causes of the problem, with sound recommendations for action. "Mending the Ozone Hole" should be compulsory reading for politicians. It's technical enough to meet the needs of specialists, but clear enough for the concerned general reader."-- "New Scientist" There is a widely held misconception that the problem of ozone depletion in the upper atmosphere has been solved. In fact, while CFC production has been reduced in many places, the ongoing emissions of chemicals and the production of other long-lived ozone-depleting substances mean a decade will pass before the levels of ozone-depleting chlorine in the earth's atmosphere being to decline. As a result, serious ozone depletion above the southern pole and elsewhere is expected to continue for decades, posing a severe threat to human health and to ecosystems.show more