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RECORD NUMBER: 27 OF 38| Main Title | Ozone crisis : the 15-year evolution of a sudden global emergency / | |||||||||||
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| Author | Roan, Sharon L. | |||||||||||
| Publisher | Wiley, | |||||||||||
| Year Published | 1989 | |||||||||||
| OCLC Number | 18981490 | |||||||||||
| ISBN | 047161985X; 9780471619857; 0471528234; 9780471528234 | |||||||||||
| Subjects | Atmospheric ozone--Environmental aspects ; Pollution de l'air ; CFC ; Umweltkatastrophe ; Ozone--Enviromental aspects ; OZONE LAYER ; CHLORO-FLUOROCARBONS ; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ; Abbaureaktion--(DE-588)4136352-8 ; Ozonschicht--(DE-588)4130365-9 ; Stratosphare--(DE-588)4132622-2 ; Umweltpolitik--(DE-588)4078523-3 | |||||||||||
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| Collation | xviii, 270 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. | |||||||||||
| Notes | Bibliography: p. 264-267. Includes index. |
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| Contents Notes | 1. Discovery January 1972-December 1973 -- 2. Death to ozone January 1974-December 1974 -- 3. The politics of science January 1975-June 1975 -- 4. Innocent until proven guilty April 1975-December 1975 -- 5. Aerosol ban January 1976-May 1977 -- 6. The dark years June 1977-October 1980 -- 7. The crisis that wasn't January 1981-March 1985 -- 8. The ozone hole October 1984-March 1986 -- 9. The sky if falling March 1986-June 1986 -- 10. Coldest place on earth August 1986-October 1986 -- 11. Chlorine, dynamics, and snowballs from space October 1986-May 1987 -- 12. A solution in sight June 1986-June 1987 -- 13. Personal protection June 1987-September 1987 -- 14. Proof--but not enough September 1987-March 1988 -- 15. The end of an industry March 1988-April 1988 -- 16. The importance of knowing sooner May 1988-November 1988. The story of an ecological catastrophe--a disaster caused by manmade chemicals in the stratosphere that is destroying the "shield" of ozone gas protecting the earth from the sun's harmful rays. |