Ozone Crisis: The 15-Year Evolution of a Sudden Global Emergency
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Sharon Roan
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Straight from today's headlines, award-winning science writer Sharon Roan offers an incisive look at one of the planet's most pressing ecological concerns. Ozone Crisis tells the compelling, often shocking story of the discovery of ozone depletion, the fight to ban chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), and future prospects and prognoses.
"At last a sober, well-researched, and well-written book on an important environmental problem.. a good yarn about stratospheric ozone. This is clearly one of the best case studies of the evolution of science-intensive public policy."" --Choice
"An engaging account . skillfully recounts in terms readily understood by lay readers the shrewd detective work and unprecedented scientific cooperation that helped give rise to the Montreal Treaty." --John C. Topping, President, Climate Institute
"Whether you have the slightest interest in environmental matters or not, this book should be on your 'must check out!' list." --Western Producer
"Anyone interested in understanding contemporary environmental policy issues will find Roan has written a well-researched, well-balanced, and informative book in an easy-to-read, journalistic style." --Naturalist Review
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Book details
- Author
- Sharon Roan
- Imprint
- Trade Paper Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Pages
- 270
- Formats
- Paperback, Hardcover
- Series
- Wiley Science Editions
- Subjects
- Science › Environmental Science
- Topics
- ozone depletion · chlorofluorocarbons · environmental science · science policy · atmospheric science · environmental crisis · climate change
- ISBN-13
- 9780471528234 (Paperback)9781620456378 (Hardcover)
About the author
SHARON L. ROAN is a science writer and journalist and the author of Ozone Crisis: The 15-Year Evolution of a Sudden Global Emergency.
Roan received the American Public Health Association’s Ray Bruner Science Writing Fellowship, along with awards from the Florida Medical Association and the California Heart Association. She holds a degree in journalism from the University of Iowa and has worked as a reporter for the Los Angeles Times and as a science writer for the Orange County Register.