Our Ozone Shield

Author : Edward Parson
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
ISBN 13 : 0195155491
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Protecting the Ozone Layer written by Edward Parson and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 2003 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Providing an account of the ozone-depletion issues from the attempts to develop international action in the 1970s to the mature functioning of the international regime, this book examines the parallel developments of politics and negotiations, technological progress, and industry strategy that shaped the issue's development and its management.

Author : Daniel L. Albritton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 22 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Our Ozone Shield written by Daniel L. Albritton and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Daniel L. Albritton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781422319475
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Our Ozone Shield written by Daniel L. Albritton and published by . This book was released on 2008-01 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second in a series of publications on climate & global change intended for public education, issued jointly by the UCAR Office for Interdisciplinary Earth Studies & the NOAA Office of Global Programs, for the purpose of raising the level of public awareness of issues dealing with global environmental change. Contents: Ozone & Humankind; A Problem Arises: The Early 1970s; Stratospheric Ozone: The first Decade; The Ozone Years: 1985-1989;& Our Ozone Layer: Present & Future. Illustrations.

Author : Stephen O Andersen
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113655923X
Total Pages : 549 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Protecting the Ozone Layer written by Stephen O Andersen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-05-23 with total page 549 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1970s the world became aware of a huge danger: the destruction of the stratospheric ozone layer by CFCs escaping into the atmosphere, and the damage this could do to human health and the food chain. So great was the threat that by 1987 the UN had succeeded in coordinating an international treaty to phase out emissions; which, over the following 15 years has been implemented. It has been hailed as an outstanding success. It needed the participation of all the parties: governments, industry, scientists, campaigners, NGOs and the media, and is a model for future treaties. This volume provides the authoritative and comprehensive history of the whole process from the earliest warning signs to the present. It is an invaluable record for all those involved and a necessary reference for future negotiations to a wide range of scholars, students and professionals.

Author : Guy Brasseur
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781944970543
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Ozone Layer written by Guy Brasseur and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the discovery of ozone in the eighteenth century, through the late twentieth-century international agreements to protect humanity from the destruction of ozone in the stratosphere, Guy P. Brasseur traces the evolution of our scientific knowledge on air quality issues and stratospheric chemistry and dynamics. The history of ozone research is marked by typical examples of the scientific method at work, perfectly illustrating how knowledge progresses. Hypotheses are contested and then eventually accepted or rejected; truths once believed to be universal and permanent can be called into question; and debates and disagreements between scientists are settled by information from laboratory and field experiments. Of course, the scientific method can also lead to new observations--in this case, the discovery of the ozone hole. This finding took researchers by surprise, leading to new investigations and research programs. This first complete study of ozone research demonstrates the key role fundamental research plays in solving global environmental, climate, and human health problems. More importantly, it shows that the scientific method works. Convincing decision makers of research results that do not correspond to their values, or to the interests of certain business groups, stands to be the highest hurdle in using science to benefit humanity. Students, early-career scientists, and even specialists who do not know much about the history of their field will benefit from this big picture view, offered by a researcher who has played leadership roles in stewarding this science through decades of discovery.

Author : Stephen O. Andersen
Publisher : Earthscan
ISBN 13 : 1849772266
Total Pages : 548 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Protecting the Ozone Layer written by Stephen O. Andersen and published by Earthscan. This book was released on 2012 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1970s the world became aware of a huge danger: the destruction of the stratospheric ozone layer by CFCs escaping into the atmosphere, and the damage this could do to human health and the food chain. So great was the threat that by 1987 the UN had succeeded in coordinating an international treaty to phase out emissions; which, over the following 15 years has been implemented. It has been hailed as an outstanding success. It needed the participation of all the parties: governments, industry, scientists, campaigners, NGOs and the media, and is a model for future treaties. This volume provides the authoritative and comprehensive history of the whole process from the earliest warning signs to the present. It is an invaluable record for all those involved and a necessary reference for future negotiations to a wide range of scholars, students and professionals.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 4 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Protection of the Ozone Layer written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Seth Cagin
Publisher : Pantheon
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Between Earth and Sky written by Seth Cagin and published by Pantheon. This book was released on 1993 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the 1950s CFCs had found further applications: as propellants in aerosol spray cans, in the manufacture of Styrofoam, and as vital industrial solvents. Then, in 1974, after millions of tons of CFCs had been released into the Earth's atmosphere, two scientists at the University of California demonstrated that these same "safe" wonder substances had altered the fundamental chemistry of the atmosphere and had begun to erode the ozone layer - the protective shield of all life on earth. The battle to restrict CFCs was fought in laboratories, at international conferences, and in the halls of Congress, pitting environmentalists intent on remedying what had become a global crisis against industrialists and government officials opposed to regulation. Finally, in 1987, fifty-seven nations signed the first global environmental treaty - the Montreal Protocol, which regulated the further production of CFCs and ushered in a new era of international cooperation on the environment.

Author : Michaela I. Hegglin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789966076021
Total Pages : 79 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Twenty Questions and Answers about the Ozone Layer written by Michaela I. Hegglin and published by . This book was released on 2017-03 with total page 79 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Philippe G. Le Prestre
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 146155585X
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Protecting the Ozone Layer written by Philippe G. Le Prestre and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Protecting the Ozone Layer: Lessons, Models, and Prospects Since the mid-1980s, the international community has adopted several significant instruments designed to reverse the degradation of the life support systems of the planet. None of these international agreements have been as successful as the 1987 Montreal Protocol in creating the incentives and mechanisms for protecting the ozone layer. Through the efforts of industry, government and public interest groups, national commitments and achievements have progressed further and faster than expected, while the list of controlled chemicals has expanded. Now in its second decade, the Protocol enters a crucial phase of its implementation. Protecting the Ozone Layer: Lessons, Models, and Prospects presents a wealth of information about the scientific, legal-political, and technological hurdles that we will have to overcome if humanity is to reverse its self-destructive course. The technology section in particular should appeal to industries affected by ozone layer protection as well as those affected by climate protection, since this is the first ozone publication featuring insights by the companies that spearheaded the major technological breakthroughs. Every initiative to improve the environmental performance of industry has been accompanied by pronouncements of economic devastation, from acid rain to auto emissions standards, from auto mileage improvements to the protection of the ozone layer. Each new initiative brought claims from industry that this situation was different, yet none of their predictions have come true. At a time when industry fights efforts to protect the environment, the ozone experience shows both how technical breakthroughs have enabled environmental protection policies to work in the past and how they will work again in the future. Protecting the Ozone Layer: Lessons, Models, and Prospects is the product of a Colloquium that was organized in September 1997 to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Montreal Protocol. Contributions have been gathered from researchers and practitioners in the field, including some of the very same scientists whose work awakened the international community to the seriousness of the danger that humanity now faces. Other contributors include the scholars and diplomats who wrote and negotiated the text of the Protocol and its amendments, and the key figures who have been influential in convincing industry to support the process.