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UNEP's Environmental Effects of Ozone Depletion: 1994 Assessment
available on-line at SEDAC
 
 
CIESIN and its Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) are
pleased to announce on-line availability of the United Nations
Environment Programme's "Environmental Effects of Ozone Depletion:
1994 Assessment". The entire text of this document, regarded as the
preeminent source of information regarding the impacts of increased
ultraviolet radiation on the environment, is being provided for the
first time through the SEDAC World Wide Web (WWW) site with
permission from UNEP. The Uniform Resource Locator (URL)for the 1994
Assessment Table of Contents is:
 
           http://sedac.ciesin.org/ozone/UNEP/UNEP94toc.html
 
The 1994 Assessment contains seven chapters:
 
(1) Changes in Ultraviolet Radiation Reaching the Earth's Surface
(2) Effects of Increased Solar Ultraviolet Radiation on Human Health
(3) Effects of Increased Solar Ultraviolet Radiation on Terrestrial
    Plants
(4) Effects of Increased Solar Ultraviolet Radiation on Aquatic
    Ecosystems
(5) Effects of Increased Solar Ultraviolet Radiation on
    Biogeochemical Cycles
(6) Effects of Increased Solar Ultraviolet Radiation on Tropospheric
    Composition and Air Quality
(7) Effects of Increased Solar Ultraviolet Radiation on Materials
 
The Introduction, Executive Summary, and three Appendices are also
included.
 
In addition to the complete 1994 Assessment, UNEP's Environmental
Effects of Ozone Depletion: 1996 Executive Summary report is also
available through SEDAC's Stratospheric Ozone and Human Health
Project home page. Links to both documents can be found in the
"New" section of the Stratospheric Ozone and Human Health Project
home page,
 
                http://sedac.ciesin.org/ozone
 
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