Ultraviolet Reflections: Life Under a Thinning Ozone Layer - Image 1

£89.69

Wiley Ultraviolet Reflections: Life Under a Thinning Ozone Layer

Name: Ultraviolet Reflections: Life Under a Thinning Ozone Layer
Brand: Wiley
Price: 91.54 GBP
Availability: InStock

Habitats

Price History & Forecast

Last 85 days • 85 data points (No recent data available)

Historical

Generating forecast...

Price Distribution

Price distribution over 85 days • 6 price levels

Days at Price

Current Price

Price Analysis

Most common price: £109 (40 days, 47.1%)

Price range: £86 - £109

Price levels: 6 different prices over 85 days

Description

In the stratosphere, ozone performs a vital role by absorbing ultraviolet (UV) radiation and acting as a protective layer for life on Earth. Ultraviolet Reflections: Life Under a Thinning Ozone Layer examines the effects of increasing UV radiation on people, plants and animals. It takes the reader on a journey from the Antarctic ozone hole to the Arctic birch forest, to see how plankton and plants will fare against increasing UV radiation. We know the dangers for skin cancer, but this book also raises intriguing questions about the evolution of our immune system and uncovers scientific controversy in the discussion of eye disease. The accessible style of this book gives readers at all levels an insight into the complexities of how life has evolved to deal with the destructive power of the sun. Moreover, it gives the reader a chance to follow international policy, as well as current research in the field. The book is aimed at those who do not have time to follow the scientific literature in all the fields, but who are not satisfied with simple answers: science teachers trying to convey basic ideas about the environment, students who want to know things that you cannot find in the text books, environmentalists and policy makers needing more than statements of scientific consensus. Most of all it is written for anyone ready to reflect on one of the major environmental issues of today.

Product Specifications

Brand: Wiley
Format: paperback
ASIN: 0471958433
Category: Books > Subjects > Science, Nature & Maths > Biological Sciences > Animal Sciences > Habitats
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 13 November 1996
Listed Since: 09 February 2007

Barcode

No barcode data available

Wiley Ultraviolet Reflections: Life Under a Thinning Ozone Layer

Price History & Forecast

Price Distribution

Price Analysis

Description

Product Specifications

Barcode

Similar Products You Might Like

Remote Sensing and Atmospheric Ozone: Human Activities versus Natural Variability (Springer Praxis Books)

Plants and Climate Change: 41 (Tasks for Vegetation Science, 41)

UV Radiation: Properties, Effects, and Applications

Springer - Responses of Plants to UV-B Radiation (Vol 18)

Stratospheric Ozone Reduction, Solar Ultraviolet Radiation and Plant Life: 8 (Nato ASI Subseries G:, 8)

Ozone Hole: Past, Present, Future (SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science)

Springer Responses of Plants to UV-B Radiation - Vol 18

Ozone in the Atmosphere: Basic Principles, Natural and Human Impacts

Wiley Complex Biological Systems - Adaptation to Extreme Environments

Chemistry of Atmospheres: An Introduction to the Chemistry of the Atmospheres of Earth, the Planets, and Their Satellites

OZONE & OZONE DEPLETION: Sources, Environmental Impact & Health (Environmental Research Advances; Environmental Health - Physical, Chemical and Biological Factors)

Sun Protection in Man (Volume 3) (Comprehensive Series in Photosciences, Volume 3)

Protecting the Ozone Layer: Lessons, Models, and Prospects

Photosynthesis: A New Approach to the Molecular, Cellular, and Organismal Levels

Relict Species: Phylogeography and Conservation Biology

Environmental UV Radiation: Impact on Ecosystems and Human Health and Predictive Models: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on ... June 2001: 57 (NATO Science Series: IV:, 57)

Ozone Depletion, Chemistry, and Impacts

Atmospheric Science for Environmental Scientists

Sun Protection: A Risk Management Approach (IOP Expanding Physics)

Introduction to Environmental Physics: Planet Earth, Life and Climate

The Atmospheric Environment – Effects of Human Activity

Defending Biodiversity: Environmental Science and Ethics

Handbook of Atmospheric Science: Principles and Applications

Marine Biology: Comparative Ecology of Planet Ocean