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Environmental effects of stratospheric ozone depletion, UV radiation, and interactions with climate change: UNEP Environmental Effects Assessment Panel, Update 2020
Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences2021
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Craig E. Williamson,
S. Madronich,
Anthony L. Andrady,
Rachel Ε. Neale,
Anthony L. Andrady,
Richard G. Zepp,
Paul W. Barnes,
Patrick J. Neale,
Anthony L. Andrady,
Anthony L. Andrady,
Anthony L. Andrady,
Anthony L. Andrady,
Anthony L. Andrady,
Marcel A. K. Jansen,
Barbara Sulzberger,
Paul W. Barnes,
Anthony L. Andrady,
Marcel A. K. Jansen,
Anthony L. Andrady,
Anthony L. Andrady,
Anthony L. Andrady,
Anthony L. Andrady,
Anthony L. Andrady,
Marcel A. K. Jansen,
Craig E. Williamson,
Paul W. Barnes,
Paul W. Barnes,
Paul W. Barnes,
T. Matthew Robson,
Anthony L. Andrady,
G. Bernhard,
Anthony L. Andrady,
Anthony L. Andrady,
Anthony L. Andrady,
Anthony L. Andrady,
Anthony L. Andrady,
Craig E. Williamson,
Liping Zhu,
Anu Heikkilä,
Patrick J. Neale,
Krishna K. Pandey,
Qingwei Wang,
Janet F. Bornman,
Janet F. Bornman,
Samuel Hylander,
Anthony L. Andrady,
Anastazia T. Banaszak,
Keith R. Solomon,
Liping Zhu,
T. Matthew Robson,
Paul W. Barnes,
Krishna K. Pandey,
Patrick J. Neale,
Patrick J. Neale,
Kristopher McNeill,
Anu Heikkilä,
Javier Martínez‐Abaigar,
Kristopher McNeill,
Robyn Lucas,
Janet F. Bornman,
Laura S. Bruckman,
Patrick J. Neale,
Richard G. Zepp,
Marcel A. K. Jansen,
Krishna K. Pandey,
Craig E. Williamson,
Anu Heikkilä,
Marcel A. K. Jansen,
S. Madronich,
Anthony L. Andrady,
Kristopher McNeill,
P. J. Aucamp,
Anthony L. Andrady,
Kevin C. Rose,
Marcel A. K. Jansen,
Kevin C. Rose,
Anthony L. Andrady,
Donat‐Peter Häder,
Qingwei Wang,
Wen-Che Hou,
S. Madronich,
Anthony L. Andrady,
Marcel A. K. Jansen,
Richard G. Zepp,
Anthony L. Andrady,
Craig E. Williamson,
S. Madronich,
Alkiviadis Bais,
Anthony L. Andrady,
Anthony L. Andrady,
Sharon A. Robinson,
Qingwei Wang,
Richard G. Zepp,
Christopher C. White,
Samuel Hylander,
Anthony L. Andrady,
Samuel Hylander,
Marcel A. K. Jansen,
Christopher C. White,
Anthony L. Andrady,
Anthony L. Andrady,
Anastazia T. Banaszak,
S. Madronich,
Anu Heikkilä,
Janet F. Bornman,
Meifang Zhu,
Marcel A. K. Jansen,
Richard G. Zepp,
Sharon A. Robinson,
Christopher C. White,
Richard G. Zepp,
P. J. Aucamp,
Richard G. Zepp,
P. J. Aucamp,
Paul W. Barnes,
Liping Zhu,
Donat‐Peter Häder,
Kevin C. Rose,
Janet F. Bornman,
Stephen R. Wilson,
Stephen R. Wilson,
Alkiviadis Bais,
Anthony L. Andrady,
Alkiviadis Bais,
Alkiviadis Bais,
Anthony L. Andrady,
Anthony L. Andrady,
Sten‐Åke Wängberg,
S. Madronich,
G. Bernhard,
Marcel A. K. Jansen,
Anastazia T. Banaszak,
Laura S. Bruckman,
Anastazia T. Banaszak,
Anastazia T. Banaszak,
Barbara Sulzberger,
Kristopher McNeill,
Anthony L. Andrady,
Richard G. Zepp,
Anu Heikkilä,
Stephen R. Wilson,
Anu Heikkilä,
G. Bernhard,
G. Bernhard,
Janet F. Bornman,
Laura S. Bruckman,
G. Bernhard,
Alkiviadis Bais,
Anthony L. Andrady,
Donat‐Peter Häder,
Rachel Ε. Neale,
Laura S. Bruckman,
Alkiviadis Bais,
Patrick J. Neale,
P. J. Aucamp,
Janet F. Bornman,
Anu Heikkilä,
Anu Heikkilä,
Marcel A. K. Jansen,
Anastazia T. Banaszak,
Samuel Hylander,
G. Bernhard,
Robyn Lucas,
Samuel Hylander,
Janet F. Bornman,
Andrew Klekociuk,
Laura S. Bruckman,
Robyn Lucas,
Javier Martínez‐Abaigar,
Keith R. Solomon,
Scott N. Byrne,
Sharon A. Robinson,
Samuel Hylander,
S. Madronich,
Rachel Ε. Neale,
Paul J. Young,
S. Madronich,
Patrick J. Neale,
Marcel A. K. Jansen,
Qingwei Wang,
Bente Foereid,
Anastazia T. Banaszak,
Rachel Ε. Neale,
Patrick J. Neale,
Donat‐Peter Häder,
Lesley E. Rhodes,
Donat‐Peter Häder,
Rachel Ε. Neale,
Loes M. Hollestein,
Robyn Lucas,
Catherine M. Olsen,
Samuel Hylander,
Catherine M. Olsen,
Wen-Che Hou,
Samuel Hylander,
Catherine M. Olsen,
Samuel Hylander,
Kevin C. Rose,
Krishna K. Pandey,
Kevin C. Rose,
Sten‐Åke Wängberg,
Krishna K. Pandey,
Janice Longstreth,
Marcel A. K. Jansen,
Krishna K. Pandey,
Bente Foereid,
Andrew Klekociuk,
P. J. Aucamp,
Sharon A. Robinson,
Wen-Che Hou,
Ben Liley,
Sharon A. Robinson,
Sharon A. Robinson,
T. Matthew Robson,
Janice Longstreth,
T. Matthew Robson,
Robyn Lucas,
Kevin C. Rose,
Lesley E. Rhodes,
Kevin C. Rose,
Sharon A. Robinson,
Keith R. Solomon,
J. E. Ukpebor,
Javier Martínez‐Abaigar,
Keith R. Solomon,
T. Matthew Robson,
Kristopher McNeill,
Barbara Sulzberger,
Barbara Sulzberger,
Kevin C. Rose,
Catherine M. Olsen,
Anu Heikkilä,
Janice Longstreth,
Tamara Schikowski,
Krishna K. Pandey,
Tamara Schikowski,
Qingwei Wang,
Qingwei Wang,
Keith R. Solomon,
Krishna K. Pandey,
Lesley E. Rhodes,
Keith R. Solomon,
T. Matthew Robson,
Sten‐Åke Wängberg,
Sten‐Åke Wängberg,
Barbara Sulzberger,
Barbara Sulzberger,
Sharon A. Robinson,
Laura S. Bruckman,
Christopher C. White,
Christopher C. White,
Kevin C. Rose,
Antony R. Young
Tamara Schikowski,
Antony R. Young
Krishna K. Pandey,
Richard G. Zepp,
Seyhan Yazar,
Richard G. Zepp,
Christopher C. White,
Keith R. Solomon,
Liping Zhu,
Antony R. Young
Christopher C. White,
Liping Zhu,
Liping Zhu,
Barbara Sulzberger,
Meifang Zhu,
Richard G. Zepp,
Stephen R. Wilson,
J. E. Ukpebor,
Qingwei Wang,
Liping Zhu,
P. J. Aucamp,
Sten‐Åke Wängberg,
Rachel Ε. Neale,
Robyn Lucas,
Ben Liley,
Christopher C. White,
Sten‐Åke Wängberg,
Seyhan Yazar,
Antony R. Young
Scott N. Byrne,
Loes M. Hollestein,
Paul J. Young,
Robyn Lucas,
Liping Zhu,
Catherine M. Olsen,
Meifang Zhu,
Lesley E. Rhodes,
Seyhan Yazar,
Antony R. Young
Summary
Researchers with the United Nations Environment Programme assessed how stratospheric ozone depletion, UV radiation, and climate change interact to affect human health and ecosystems — including the degradation of outdoor plastics by UV light, which accelerates the breakdown of plastic materials into microplastics.
Abstract This assessment by the Environmental Effects Assessment Panel (EEAP) of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) provides the latest scientific update since our most recent comprehensive assessment (Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences, 2019, 18, 595–828). The interactive effects between the stratospheric ozone layer, solar ultraviolet (UV) radiation, and climate change are presented within the framework of the Montreal Protocol and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. We address how these global environmental changes affect the atmosphere and air quality; human health; terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems; biogeochemical cycles; and materials used in outdoor construction, solar energy technologies, and fabrics. In many cases, there is a growing influence from changes in seasonality and extreme events due to climate change. Additionally, we assess the transmission and environmental effects of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which is responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic, in the context of linkages with solar UV radiation and the Montreal Protocol.