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The starting point was the release from the planet of a protective atmosphere , containing oxygen and ozone , which intervened between the waters and the sun's lethal radiations . Below this shield , a new lifeexpanding process ...
The starting point was the release from the planet of a protective atmosphere , containing oxygen and ozone , which intervened between the waters and the sun's lethal radiations . Below this shield , a new lifeexpanding process ...
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A thin layer of ozone screens us from the malign ultraviolet rays of the sun . But for this shield , radiation would cause many more cases of skin cancer , including malignant melanoma , and of cataracts . Light - skinned people are ...
A thin layer of ozone screens us from the malign ultraviolet rays of the sun . But for this shield , radiation would cause many more cases of skin cancer , including malignant melanoma , and of cataracts . Light - skinned people are ...
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Some help was given to developing countries under the Montreal Protocol , with a fund of $ 160 to $ 240 million to ease their move away from ozone - depleting technologies . However , even the larger amount of funding , to be activated ...
Some help was given to developing countries under the Montreal Protocol , with a fund of $ 160 to $ 240 million to ease their move away from ozone - depleting technologies . However , even the larger amount of funding , to be activated ...
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User Review - Not Available - Book VerdictThis book addresses the question: "If the development of the quarter of the world's people who are now rich has brought us all so close to the limits of sustainable living on Earth, how is the ... Read full review
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| Title | Our Country, the Planet: Forging a Partnership for Survival |
| Author | S. S. Ramphal |
| Publisher | Lime Tree, 1992 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 6 Aug 2009 |
| ISBN | 0413455815, 9780413455819 |
| Length | 291 pages |
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