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author Neale, Patrick J
Hylander, Samuel
Banaszak, Anastazia T
Häder, Donat-P
Rose, Kevin C
Vione, Davide
Wängberg, Sten-Åke
Jansen, Marcel A K
Busquets, Rosa
Andersen, Mads P Sulbæk
Madronich, Sasha
Hanson, Mark L
Schikowski, Tamara
Solomon, Keith R
Sulzberger, Barbara
Wallington, Timothy J
Heikkilä, Anu M
Pandey, Krishna K
Andrady, Anthony L
Bruckman, Laura S
White, Christopher C
Zhu, Liping
Bernhard, Germar H
Bais, Alkiviadis
Aucamp, Pieter J
Chiodo, Gabriel
Cordero, Raúl R
Petropavlovskikh, Irina
Neale, Rachel E
Olsen, Catherine M
Hales, Simon
Lal, Aparna
Lingham, Gareth
Rhodes, Lesley E
Young, Antony R
Robson, T Matthew
Robinson, Sharon A
Barnes, Paul W
Bornman, Janet F
Harper, Anna B
Lee, Hanna
Calderón, Roy Mackenzie
Ossola, Rachele
Paul, Nigel D
Revell, Laura E
Wang, Qing-Wei
Zepp, Richard G
author_facet Neale, Patrick J
Hylander, Samuel
Banaszak, Anastazia T
Häder, Donat-P
Rose, Kevin C
Vione, Davide
Wängberg, Sten-Åke
Jansen, Marcel A K
Busquets, Rosa
Andersen, Mads P Sulbæk
Madronich, Sasha
Hanson, Mark L
Schikowski, Tamara
Solomon, Keith R
Sulzberger, Barbara
Wallington, Timothy J
Heikkilä, Anu M
Pandey, Krishna K
Andrady, Anthony L
Bruckman, Laura S
White, Christopher C
Zhu, Liping
Bernhard, Germar H
Bais, Alkiviadis
Aucamp, Pieter J
Chiodo, Gabriel
Cordero, Raúl R
Petropavlovskikh, Irina
Neale, Rachel E
Olsen, Catherine M
Hales, Simon
Lal, Aparna
Lingham, Gareth
Rhodes, Lesley E
Young, Antony R
Robson, T Matthew
Robinson, Sharon A
Barnes, Paul W
Bornman, Janet F
Harper, Anna B
Lee, Hanna
Calderón, Roy Mackenzie
Ossola, Rachele
Paul, Nigel D
Revell, Laura E
Wang, Qing-Wei
Zepp, Richard G
Neale, Patrick J
Hylander, Samuel
Banaszak, Anastazia T
Häder, Donat-P
Rose, Kevin C
Vione, Davide
Wängberg, Sten-Åke
Jansen, Marcel A K
Busquets, Rosa
Andersen, Mads P Sulbæk
Madronich, Sasha
Hanson, Mark L
Schikowski, Tamara
Solomon, Keith R
Sulzberger, Barbara
Wallington, Timothy J
Heikkilä, Anu M
Pandey, Krishna K
Andrady, Anthony L
Bruckman, Laura S
White, Christopher C
Zhu, Liping
Bernhard, Germar H
Bais, Alkiviadis
Aucamp, Pieter J
Chiodo, Gabriel
Cordero, Raúl R
Petropavlovskikh, Irina
Neale, Rachel E
Olsen, Catherine M
Hales, Simon
Lal, Aparna
Lingham, Gareth
Rhodes, Lesley E
Young, Antony R
Robson, T Matthew
Robinson, Sharon A
Barnes, Paul W
Bornman, Janet F
Harper, Anna B
Lee, Hanna
Calderón, Roy Mackenzie
Ossola, Rachele
Paul, Nigel D
Revell, Laura E
Wang, Qing-Wei
Zepp, Richard G
collection PubMed - marine biology
contents Environmental consequences of interacting effects of changes in stratospheric ozone, ultraviolet radiation, and climate: UNEP Environmental Effects Assessment Panel, Update 2024. Neale, Patrick J Hylander, Samuel Banaszak, Anastazia T Häder, Donat-P Rose, Kevin C Vione, Davide Wängberg, Sten-Åke Jansen, Marcel A K Busquets, Rosa Andersen, Mads P Sulbæk Madronich, Sasha Hanson, Mark L Schikowski, Tamara Solomon, Keith R Sulzberger, Barbara Wallington, Timothy J Heikkilä, Anu M Pandey, Krishna K Andrady, Anthony L Bruckman, Laura S White, Christopher C Zhu, Liping Bernhard, Germar H Bais, Alkiviadis Aucamp, Pieter J Chiodo, Gabriel Cordero, Raúl R Petropavlovskikh, Irina Neale, Rachel E Olsen, Catherine M Hales, Simon Lal, Aparna Lingham, Gareth Rhodes, Lesley E Young, Antony R Robson, T Matthew Robinson, Sharon A Barnes, Paul W Bornman, Janet F Harper, Anna B Lee, Hanna Calderón, Roy Mackenzie Ossola, Rachele Paul, Nigel D Revell, Laura E Wang, Qing-Wei Zepp, Richard G Stratospheric Ozone Ultraviolet Rays Humans Climate United Nations Climate Change Ozone Depletion Ozone This Assessment Update by the Environmental Effects Assessment Panel (EEAP) of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) addresses the interacting effects of changes in stratospheric ozone, solar ultraviolet (UV) radiation, and climate on the environment and human health. These include new modelling studies that confirm the benefits of the Montreal Protocol in protecting the stratospheric ozone layer and its role in maintaining a stable climate, both at low and high latitudes. We also provide an update on projected levels of solar UV-radiation during the twenty-first century. Potential environmental consequences of climate intervention scenarios are also briefly discussed, illustrating the large uncertainties of, for example, Stratospheric Aerosol Injection (SAI). Modelling studies predict that, although SAI would cool the Earth's surface, other climate factors would be affected, including stratospheric ozone depletion and precipitation patterns. The contribution to global warming of replacements for ozone-depleting substances (ODS) are assessed. With respect to the breakdown products of chemicals under the purview of the Montreal Protocol, the risks to ecosystem and human health from the formation of trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) as a degradation product of ODS replacements are currently de minimis. UV-radiation and climate change continue to have complex interactive effects on the environment due largely to human activities. UV-radiation, other weathering factors, and microbial action contribute significantly to the breakdown of plastic waste in the environment, and in affecting transport, fate, and toxicity of the plastics in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, and the atmosphere. Sustainability demands continue to drive industry innovations to mitigate environmental consequences of the use and disposal of plastic and plastic-containing materials. Terrestrial ecosystems in alpine and polar environments are increasingly being exposed to enhanced UV-radiation due to earlier seasonal snow and ice melt because of climate warming and extended periods of ozone depletion. Solar radiation, including UV-radiation, also contributes to the decomposition of dead plant material, which affects nutrient cycling, carbon storage, emission of greenhouse gases, and soil fertility. In aquatic ecosystems, loss of ice cover is increasing the area of polar oceans exposed to UV-radiation with possible negative effects on phytoplankton productivity. However, modelling studies of Arctic Ocean circulation suggests that phytoplankton are circulating to progressively deeper ocean layers with less UV irradiation. Human health is also modified by climate change and behaviour patterns, resulting in changes in exposure to UV-radiation with harmful or beneficial effects depending on conditions and skin type. For example, incidence of melanoma has been associated with increased air temperature, which affects time spent outdoors and thus exposure to UV-radiation. Overall, implementation of the Montreal Protocol and its Amendments has mitigated the deleterious effects of high levels of UV-radiation and global warming for both environmental and human health.
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spellingShingle Environmental consequences of interacting effects of changes in stratospheric ozone, ultraviolet radiation, and climate: UNEP Environmental Effects Assessment Panel, Update 2024.
Neale, Patrick J
Hylander, Samuel
Banaszak, Anastazia T
Häder, Donat-P
Rose, Kevin C
Vione, Davide
Wängberg, Sten-Åke
Jansen, Marcel A K
Busquets, Rosa
Andersen, Mads P Sulbæk
Madronich, Sasha
Hanson, Mark L
Schikowski, Tamara
Solomon, Keith R
Sulzberger, Barbara
Wallington, Timothy J
Heikkilä, Anu M
Pandey, Krishna K
Andrady, Anthony L
Bruckman, Laura S
White, Christopher C
Zhu, Liping
Bernhard, Germar H
Bais, Alkiviadis
Aucamp, Pieter J
Chiodo, Gabriel
Cordero, Raúl R
Petropavlovskikh, Irina
Neale, Rachel E
Olsen, Catherine M
Hales, Simon
Lal, Aparna
Lingham, Gareth
Rhodes, Lesley E
Young, Antony R
Robson, T Matthew
Robinson, Sharon A
Barnes, Paul W
Bornman, Janet F
Harper, Anna B
Lee, Hanna
Calderón, Roy Mackenzie
Ossola, Rachele
Paul, Nigel D
Revell, Laura E
Wang, Qing-Wei
Zepp, Richard G
Stratospheric Ozone
Ultraviolet Rays
Humans
Climate
United Nations
Climate Change
Ozone Depletion
Ozone
Environmental consequences of interacting effects of changes in stratospheric ozone, ultraviolet radiation, and climate: UNEP Environmental Effects Assessment Panel, Update 2024. Neale, Patrick J Hylander, Samuel Banaszak, Anastazia T Häder, Donat-P Rose, Kevin C Vione, Davide Wängberg, Sten-Åke Jansen, Marcel A K Busquets, Rosa Andersen, Mads P Sulbæk Madronich, Sasha Hanson, Mark L Schikowski, Tamara Solomon, Keith R Sulzberger, Barbara Wallington, Timothy J Heikkilä, Anu M Pandey, Krishna K Andrady, Anthony L Bruckman, Laura S White, Christopher C Zhu, Liping Bernhard, Germar H Bais, Alkiviadis Aucamp, Pieter J Chiodo, Gabriel Cordero, Raúl R Petropavlovskikh, Irina Neale, Rachel E Olsen, Catherine M Hales, Simon Lal, Aparna Lingham, Gareth Rhodes, Lesley E Young, Antony R Robson, T Matthew Robinson, Sharon A Barnes, Paul W Bornman, Janet F Harper, Anna B Lee, Hanna Calderón, Roy Mackenzie Ossola, Rachele Paul, Nigel D Revell, Laura E Wang, Qing-Wei Zepp, Richard G Stratospheric Ozone Ultraviolet Rays Humans Climate United Nations Climate Change Ozone Depletion Ozone This Assessment Update by the Environmental Effects Assessment Panel (EEAP) of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) addresses the interacting effects of changes in stratospheric ozone, solar ultraviolet (UV) radiation, and climate on the environment and human health. These include new modelling studies that confirm the benefits of the Montreal Protocol in protecting the stratospheric ozone layer and its role in maintaining a stable climate, both at low and high latitudes. We also provide an update on projected levels of solar UV-radiation during the twenty-first century. Potential environmental consequences of climate intervention scenarios are also briefly discussed, illustrating the large uncertainties of, for example, Stratospheric Aerosol Injection (SAI). Modelling studies predict that, although SAI would cool the Earth's surface, other climate factors would be affected, including stratospheric ozone depletion and precipitation patterns. The contribution to global warming of replacements for ozone-depleting substances (ODS) are assessed. With respect to the breakdown products of chemicals under the purview of the Montreal Protocol, the risks to ecosystem and human health from the formation of trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) as a degradation product of ODS replacements are currently de minimis. UV-radiation and climate change continue to have complex interactive effects on the environment due largely to human activities. UV-radiation, other weathering factors, and microbial action contribute significantly to the breakdown of plastic waste in the environment, and in affecting transport, fate, and toxicity of the plastics in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, and the atmosphere. Sustainability demands continue to drive industry innovations to mitigate environmental consequences of the use and disposal of plastic and plastic-containing materials. Terrestrial ecosystems in alpine and polar environments are increasingly being exposed to enhanced UV-radiation due to earlier seasonal snow and ice melt because of climate warming and extended periods of ozone depletion. Solar radiation, including UV-radiation, also contributes to the decomposition of dead plant material, which affects nutrient cycling, carbon storage, emission of greenhouse gases, and soil fertility. In aquatic ecosystems, loss of ice cover is increasing the area of polar oceans exposed to UV-radiation with possible negative effects on phytoplankton productivity. However, modelling studies of Arctic Ocean circulation suggests that phytoplankton are circulating to progressively deeper ocean layers with less UV irradiation. Human health is also modified by climate change and behaviour patterns, resulting in changes in exposure to UV-radiation with harmful or beneficial effects depending on conditions and skin type. For example, incidence of melanoma has been associated with increased air temperature, which affects time spent outdoors and thus exposure to UV-radiation. Overall, implementation of the Montreal Protocol and its Amendments has mitigated the deleterious effects of high levels of UV-radiation and global warming for both environmental and human health.
title Environmental consequences of interacting effects of changes in stratospheric ozone, ultraviolet radiation, and climate: UNEP Environmental Effects Assessment Panel, Update 2024.
topic Stratospheric Ozone
Ultraviolet Rays
Humans
Climate
United Nations
Climate Change
Ozone Depletion
Ozone
url https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40095356/