Ozone depletion and climate change: impacts on UV radiation

RL McKenzie, PJ Aucamp, AF Bais, LO Björn… - Photochemical & …, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
The Montreal Protocol is working, but it will take several decades for ozone to return to 1980
levels. The atmospheric concentrations of ozone depleting substances are decreasing, and …

[HTML][HTML] The shared socio-economic pathway (SSP) greenhouse gas concentrations and their extensions to 2500

M Meinshausen, ZRJ Nicholls, J Lewis… - Geoscientific Model …, 2020 - gmd.copernicus.org
Anthropogenic increases in atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations are the main driver
of current and future climate change. The integrated assessment community has quantified …

Long-term variability of human health-related solar ultraviolet-B radiation doses from the 1980s to the end of the 21st century

C Zerefos, I Fountoulakis, K Eleftheratos… - Physiological …, 2023 - journals.physiology.org
Solar ultraviolet-B (UV-B) radiation has played a crucial role in the evolution of life on Earth.
UV exposure presents both risks and benefits to humans. Optimal UV-B exposure behaviors …

Human health in relation to exposure to solar ultraviolet radiation under changing stratospheric ozone and climate

RM Lucas, S Yazar, AR Young, M Norval… - Photochemical & …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
The Montreal Protocol has limited increases in the UV-B (280–315 nm) radiation reaching
the Earth's surface as a result of depletion of stratospheric ozone. Nevertheless, the …

Ozone–climate interactions and effects on solar ultraviolet radiation

AF Bais, G Bernhard, RL McKenzie… - Photochemical & …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
This report assesses the effects of stratospheric ozone depletion and anticipated ozone
recovery on the intensity of ultraviolet (UV) radiation at the Earth's surface. Interactions …

The Montreal Protocol protects the terrestrial carbon sink

PJ Young, AB Harper, C Huntingford, ND Paul… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
The control of the production of ozone-depleting substances through the Montreal Protocol
means that the stratospheric ozone layer is recovering and that consequent increases in …

Impact of stratospheric ozone on Southern Hemisphere circulation change: A multimodel assessment

SW Son, EP Gerber, J Perlwitz… - Journal of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The impact of stratospheric ozone on the tropospheric general circulation of the Southern
Hemisphere (SH) is examined with a set of chemistry‐climate models participating in the …

Ozone database in support of CMIP5 simulations: results and corresponding radiative forcing

I Cionni, V Eyring, JF Lamarque… - Atmospheric …, 2011 - acp.copernicus.org
A continuous tropospheric and stratospheric vertically resolved ozone time series, from 1850
to 2099, has been generated to be used as forcing in global climate models that do not …

Ice core record of persistent short‐chain fluorinated alkyl acids: Evidence of the impact from global environmental regulations

HM Pickard, AS Criscitiello, D Persaud… - Geophysical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Short chain perfluoroalkylcarboxylic acids (scPFCAs, CxF2x+ 1COOH, x≤ 3) are persistent
compounds formed from atmospheric oxidation of fluorotelomer compounds and …