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Science 10 September 1999:
Vol. 285. no. 5434, pp. 1647 - 1649
DOI: 10.1126/science.285.5434.1647b
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THE OZONE LAYER:
Burnt by the Sun Down Under

Kathryn S. Brown

On page 1709, scientists report that over the past 10 years peak levels of ultraviolet (UV) rays have gradually been increasing in New Zealand, just as concentrations of protective stratospheric ozone have decreased. By the summer of 1998-99, peak sunburning UV levels were about 12% higher than they were during similar periods earlier this decade. Experts say the study provides the strongest evidence yet that a degraded stratospheric ozone layer causes more hazardous conditions for life on the planet's surface.

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