----------------------------Original message---------------------------- 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 For more information, please contact CIESIN User Services by e-mail at [log in to unmask] or by telephone at 517/797-2727. This service is provided by the Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) under contract to the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for the development and operation of the Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). SEDAC is one of the data centers in NASA's Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS). SEDAC's mission is to develop and deliver information products and services that integrate social and natural science data in ways useful for decision making. CIESIN is a registered trademark of the Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network.