Understanding Atmospheric Change : A Survey of the Background Science and Implications of Climate Change and Ozone Depletion

Addresses two major environmental issues associated with the earth's atmosphere: global warming and the depletion of the atmosphere's ozone layer. Begins with an assessment of how the atmosphere naturally influences the earth's climate and how that climate has behaved in the past. It also deals with the potential depletion of the upper atmosphere's protective ozone layer. The final chapter considers the linkages between these two issues, other atmospheric pollution problems, and human behavior, and examines what is being done and must be done to respond, both nationally and internationally. 40 charts, maps and tables. Emphasis on Canada.